Standard Lemma guide
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noun
A modern ball game descended from tlachtli.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Alternative form of ulema.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion
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noun
The devil bird (an avian cryptid of Sri Lanka)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
the body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: ulema
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Broader terms: body
History
Ultimately from Classical Nahuatl ōllamaliztli. Doublet of ullamaliztli.
Borrowed from Arabic عُلَمَاء (ʕulamāʔ). Doublet of ulema and olema.
Borrowed from Sinhalese [Term?].
