MUFTI

mufti

(noun) civilian dress worn by a person who is entitled to wear a military uniform

mufti

(noun) a jurist who interprets Muslim religious law

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

MUFTI

Acronym of Minimum Use of Force and Tactical Intervention.

Etymology

Noun

mufti (countable and uncountable, plural muftis)

(countable, Islam) A Muslim scholar and interpreter of shari’a law, who can deliver a fatwa.

(uncountable, AU, British, New Zealand) A civilian dress when worn by a member of the military, or casual dress when worn by a pupil of a school who normally would wear uniform.

Synonym: civvies

Source: Wiktionary


Muf"ti, n.; pl. Muftis. Etym: [Ar. mufti.]

Definition: An official expounder of Mohammedan law.

Muf"ti, n.

Definition: Citizen's dress when worn by a naval or military officer; -- a term derived from the British service in India. [Colloq. Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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