Definition of Sheria

1. the body of Islamic religious law [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sheria

sheqalim
sheqel
sheqels
sherbert
sherberts
sherbet
sherbets
sherbety
sherd
sherds
shere
shereef
shereefs
shergottite
shergottites
sheria (current term)
sherias
sheriat
sheriats
sherif
sheriff
sheriff's sale
sheriffdom
sheriffdoms
sheriffhood
sheriffs
sheriffship
sherifs
sherlock
sherlocks

Literary usage of Sheria

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of the Hausa Language by Charles Henry Robinson, Hausa Association, London (1913)
"... 5 ' ff ordinance; gadon-sheria j udg- merit seat; yin sheria to judge, ... sheria both the judges and those who come to receive judgment, sherif, ..."

2. London men in Palestine, and how they marched to Jerusalem by Rowlands Coldicott (1919)
"LONDON MEN IN PALESTINE CHAPTER I AFTER sheria I WE GO TO HUJ Plunge in the middle. Catch our labouring men After a battle on the dusty plains. ..."

3. New York Times Current History (1918)
"Except at Beersheba, no large supply of water would be found till sheria and ... south of sheria, except for a gap between All Muntar and the Sihan group. ..."

4. The New York Times Current History (1918)
"At nightfall the Turks were beaten and retreating, and mounted troops, supported by infantry, were sent north via sheria to pursue them toward ..."

5. Vocabulary of the Haussa Language: Part I.--English and Haussa. Part II by James Frederick Schön (1843)
"JUDGE, v. sheria, bah sheria, and yi sheria.—"To be judged," Ayi sheria.—" That ye be not judged," Won- nan kada aka yi sheria ku. JUDGMENT-DAY, *. ..."

6. The Story of the Great War by Francis Joseph Reynolds, Allen Leon Churchill, Leonard Wood, Francis Trevelyan Miller, Austin Melvin Knight, Frederick Palmer, Frank Herbert Simonds, Arthur Brown Ruhl (1919)
"... and sheria. The capture of Beer- sheba was a necessary preliminary to this operation, in order to secure the water supplies at that place and to give ..."

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