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Definition of Dervish
1. Noun. An ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for devotional exercises involving bodily movements.
Definition of Dervish
1. n. A Turkish or Persian monk, especially one who professes extreme poverty and leads an austere life.
2. n. One of the fanatical followers of the Mahdi, in the Sudan.
Definition of Dervish
1. Proper noun. a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity; a form of mendicant friars ¹
2. Noun. A member of Dervish fraternity of Sufism, known for spinning. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dervish
1. a member of a Muslim religious order [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dervish
Literary usage of Dervish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Turkish Literature; Comprising Fables, Belles-lettres and Sacred Traditions by Epiphanius Wilson (1901)
"THE KING AND THE dervish " There was in a palace of the world a king and his name
was Aydin ... One day a dervish came before him and spake pleasantly with ..."
2. Filipino Popular Tales by Dean Spruill Fansler (1921)
"One day a dervish came to the palace. He told the king that he possessed magical
... This dervish had the power to leave his body and enter that of a dead ..."
3. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse by Joseph Friedlander, George Alexander Kohut (1917)
"Moses and the dervish /"* OD, that heaven's seven climates hath spread 0 forth,
... This dervish cried: "O Moses, whom the Hand Of the Most High God favors! ..."
4. Researches and Missionary Labours Among the Jews, Mohammedans, and Other Sects by Joseph Wolff (1837)
"He was by far the most intelligent dervish I ever met with; I spoke with him on the
... dervish. Whilst 1 am speaking with you, I am in the presence of God. ..."
5. Modern Egypt by Evelyn Baring Cromer (1908)
"CHAPTER XVI THE BOMBARDMENT OF ALEXANDRIA MAY-JULY 1882 State of the country—Vacillation
of the Porte—A Conference proposed—dervish Pasha and Essad Effendi ..."
6. The Old Schoolhouse and Other Poems and Conceits in Verse by Thomas Stewart Denison (1902)
"THE SHOUTING dervish. "Our town is but small; we all know one another." There's a
dervish in the East, Who howls just like a beast, —From the A rabic. ..."
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