Meanings
plural kadiaskers
- Synonym of kazasker.
From the ulema were drawn two kadiaskers, the Religous establishment's only direct representation in government in Suleiman’s time.
1994, The Middle East Today, 6 edition, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, page 581 more example
The chiefs of the legal order were, in the time of Mahomet II., the two kadiaskers, who respectively presided over the judicial establishments of Europe and Asia.
1854, E.S. CREASY, HISTORY OF THE OTTOMAN TURKS: FROM THE BEGINNING OF THEIR EMPIRE TO THE PRESENT TIME, volume I, London: RICHARD BENTLEY, page 158Synonyms: kazasker
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of kazasker.
Origin
- Ottoman Turkishقاضی العسكر
- Englishkadiasker
A reduced form of Ottoman Turkish قاضی العسكر (kadilasker), see kazasker for more.
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