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Definition of Afrits
1. afrit [n] - See also: afrit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Afrits
Literary usage of Afrits
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels of an Arab Merchant in Soudan (the Black Kingdoms of Central Africa) by Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar al-Tūnisī, Bayle St. John (1854)
"... Battles—The Victor and the Vanquished — Ferocious Conduct—The afrits or
Robbers — A Brother still at large—He is taken and killed—Pacification of Wadai. ..."
2. My Diaries: Being a Personal Narrative of Events, 1888-1914 by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1921)
"There are no afrits, neither in Nejd nor here. But the fellahin have no heart
... They know nothing of afrits. There is none other but God. " /. Truly none. ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"... and entered a vast tabernacle carpeted with the skins of leopards; an infinity
of elders with streaming beards, and afrits in complete armor, ..."
4. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1786)
"An infinity of Elders, with dreaming beards ; and afrits, in complete armour;
... the afrits, and all the powers of the ..."
5. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Chambers (1847)
"An infinity of elders, with streaming beards, and afrits in complete armour, had
prostrated ... the afrits, and all the powers of the abyss, to tremble. ..."
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