Definition of Sherif

1. an Arab ruler [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sherif

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

Literary usage of Sherif

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

1. The Greville Memoirs (second Part): A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria by Charles Greville (1885)
"... United States—The Sultan's Hatti-sherif—The Hatti-sherif disapproved by some Ministers—Peel's Liberality—The Hatti-sherif disavowed—The Bishop of Exeter ..."

2. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs, from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"... Mr. sherif Bethel], and Mr. Samuell Shute, sherif elect. Dr. Gates is by order of councill forbid to come any more to court, and his weekly allowance is ..."

3. Life in the forests of the Far East by Spenser St. John (1862)
"... Surprise of the Dolphin—The Re-capture of the Vessel by sherif Yasin—Arrival at ... delivered up —Visit the Village of sherif Yasin—His Appearance—His ..."

4. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1859)
"This hatti waso* firmed by a new hatti sherif, Feb. IS, 18s, which grants religious liberty to the non-Mohammedan population, abolishes the civil aad ..."

5. Archives of Maryland by Maryland Historical Society (1887)
"... Walter Smyth in an action of debt of 800' of tobb: warran' to the sherif to be at Court immediately John Hampton Complaineth against Mra Margaret Brent ..."

6. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of public instruction, Pennsylvania State Library (1907)
"That Thomas Grant was Duly elected sherif for the said County by a Majority, & Henry Antis was the next highest in number of Votes for sherif for said ..."

7. The Greville Memoirs (second Part): A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria by Charles Greville (1885)
"... account corrected—Termination of the Disputes with France—Bad News from China—Hostility of the United States—The Sultan's Hatti-sherif—The ..."

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