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Definition of Mutawa
1. Noun. Religious police in Saudi Arabia whose duty is to ensure strict adherence to established codes of conduct; offenders may be detained indefinitely; foreigners are not excluded.
Generic synonyms: Constabulary, Law, Police, Police Force
Geographical relationships: Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia
Definition of Mutawa
1. Noun. A member of the religious police in an Islamic country, especially Saudi Arabia. ¹
2. Noun. The religious police as a body. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mutawa
Literary usage of Mutawa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society by Hakluyt Society (1871)
"... who made great pretensions to learning, whom he styled Mutawa'ah,3 in
consideration of i This remark seems to suggest that Muhammad-ibn-'Abdu-'l-Wah- ..."
2. Routine Abuse, Routine Denial: Civil Rights and the Political Crisis in Bahrain by Human Rights Watch/Middle East (1997)
"... the government dissolved the National Assembly.20 When Minister of Information
Muhammad Ibrahim al-Mutawa'a was asked in early why the National Assembly ..."
3. Report of Progress on the Explorations and Surveys Up to January, 1874 by Sandford Fleming (1874)
"The first 25 miles to tho Mutawa appeal^ adapted for settlement, tho soil is
sandy loam, with a subsoil of clay. ..."
4. Through the Heart of Africa by Frank Hulme Melland, Edward H. Cholmeley (1912)
"The drive is sheltered by a magnificent avenue, principally of mutawa and gum
trees ; a grassy paddock at one side was enclosed by a tall, leafy fence of ..."
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