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Usulism

Usulism noun: one of two main schools of Twelver Shia Islam (the other being Akhbarism), currently the largest by far, which favors the use of critical reasoning in jurisprudence, theology, and hadith criticism as performed by trained, authoritative clerical scholars.

Noun

Usulism (uncountable)

  1. One of two main schools of Twelver Shia Islam (the other being Akhbarism), currently the largest by far, which favors the use of critical reasoning in jurisprudence, theology, and hadith criticism as performed by trained, authoritative clerical scholars.

Questions about Usulism

What does Usulism mean?
Usulism means one of two main schools of Twelver Shia Islam (the other being Akhbarism), currently the largest by far, which favors the use of critical reasoning in jurisprudence, theology, and hadith criticism as performed by trained, authoritative clerical scholars.
What part of speech is Usulism?
Usulism is a noun.

Words near Usulism in the dictionary

  1. usufructs
  2. usufructuaries
  3. usufructuary
  4. usufructuous
  5. Usuli
  6. Usulism
  7. Usulután
  8. USUM
  9. usun
  10. Usupashvili
  11. usura

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