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moollah

moollah is the archaic form of mullah.

Meaning of mullah

Noun

mullah (plural mullahs)

  1. An honorific title for a scholar of theology and sharia law.
    • Leading Republicans do not sympathize with the mullahs, do not repeat their talking points, and do not seek to appease them when they make outrageous claims about other countries.2024 April 15, Anne Applebaum, “Why Did U.S. Planes Defend Israel but Not Ukraine?”, in The Atlantic
    Synonyms:
    cleric
  2. An honorific title for a mosque leader.
    Synonyms:
    cleric
  3. A scholar and teacher of theology and sharia law, and an issuer of fatwas.
    • In the first week of March 2018, the Shia mullah issues a fatwa prohibiting vengeance killing and requiring reconciliation.2021, Mohammed Abu-Nimer, Renáta Katalin Nelson, Evaluating Interreligious Peacebuilding and Dialogue Methods and Frameworks, page 58
  4. (India, slang, slur) A conservative Muslim leader or cleric, especially one who is hostile against other religions.
  5. (India, broadly, slang, slur) A Muslim.
  6. (Iran, dated) A low-level cleric who specializes in telling stories of Ashura, rather than teaching or issuing fatwas.

See all 7 meanings of mullah

Forms of moollah

pluralmoollahs

Questions about moollah

What is moollah the archaic form of?
Moollah is the archaic form of mullah.

Words near moollah in the dictionary

  1. moolies
  2. moolike
  3. moolinyan
  4. moolinyans
  5. moolis
  6. moollah
  7. moollahs
  8. moolley
  9. moolooite
  10. Moolort
  11. Moolpa

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