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Sufis

Sufis is the plural of Sufi.

Meaning of Sufi

Noun

Sufi (plural Sufis)

  1. A mystic Muslim; a Muslim ascetic; a practitioner of Sufism.
    • Some admired the external beauties of the objects they beheld, like the nightingale in love with the roſe; ſome inchanted by the concert around, like Suphys delighting in madneſs, toſſed the cup of exultation into the ſkies[.]
      [Footnote] Suphys are a sect of mad philoſophers.1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page v

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What is Sufis the plural of?
Sufis is the plural of Sufi.

Words near Sufis in the dictionary

  1. Sufian
  2. Sufiana
  3. Sufic
  4. Sufiism
  5. Sufiistic
  6. Sufis
  7. Sufism
  8. Sufist
  9. Sufistic
  10. Sufists
  11. Sufite

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