qadi

plural qadis · alternative cadee · alternative cadi · alternative kadi · alternative Kazi · alternative qazi · alternative Quazi · alternative kadhi · alternative casis · alternative caxis · alternative casiz · alternative cashish · alternative cauzy · alternative cazee · alternative cazy · alternative kajee

1. IslamA judge who is trained in and practices Islamic law.First known use 16th c.

   legal treatises dealing with the subject usually spoke of the appointment to office of a qadi [...].

   1985, Yasmin Hussain, Sharon Siddique, Ahmad Ibrahim, Readings on Islam in Southeast Asia

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   To this the Jew agreed, and the two went together to the great hall, in which the kadi was administering justice.

   1907, Various, The Olive Fairy Book

   The Qazi, his spiritual adviser, had recommended that the Russian be taken out into the desert and buried alive [...].

   1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 74

   While sharia law for divorce in many Muslim countries has been modified by governments, in Israel reform was initiated by qadis.

   2011 July 22, Jill Hamilton, The Guardian