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sheriat

sheriat is the archaic form of shari'a.

Meaning of shari'a

Noun

shari'a (uncountable)

  1. A body of religious law forming a part of the Islamic tradition based on the scriptures of Islam, particularly the Qur'an and hadith.
    • The legislation of shari'a here is very strict.
    Synonyms:
    Shar

Proper noun capitalized: Sheriat

the Sheriat

  1. (archaic) Archaic form of shari'a.

Origin of sheriat

From Ottoman Turkish شریعت (şeri'at), from Arabic شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa).

Questions about sheriat

What is sheriat the archaic form of?
Sheriat is the archaic form of shari'a.
What part of speech is sheriat?
Sheriat is a proper noun.

Words near sheriat in the dictionary

  1. Shergotty
  2. Sheri
  3. Sheri'
  4. sheria
  5. Sheriarty
  6. sheriat
  7. Sheridan
  8. Sheridan County
  9. Sheridan's threadfin
  10. sheridanite
  11. sheridanites

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sheriat (page history and authors); Sheriat (page history and authors); shari'a (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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