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‖ moolvee|ˈmuːlviː|
Forms: α. 7 meuleuee, 8 moulewy, molavie, -vee, moulavie, 9 moolavee, 9 moulavie, maulavi; β. (7 erron. moolevelee), 9 moulvi(e, -vee, maulvie, moolvee.
[Urdū mulvī, a. Arab. maulawiyy, properly an adj., judicial, but used as n., = maulā mullah, of which it is a derivative.]
A Muslim doctor of the law; in India, a complimentary designation among Muslims for a teacher of Arabic, or a learned man generally.
1625Purchas Pilgrims II. ix. xv. 1611 Amongst the Turkes..the Meuleuees..are an order of Derueeshes, that turne round with Musike in their Diuine Seruice. 1772Order of Council of H.E.I.C. in Claim of Roy Rader Churn 13/2 (Stanf.) The Cauree and Muftee of the district, and two Moulewys, shall sit to expound the Law. 1784N. B. Halhed in Calcutta Rev. (1856) XXVI. 79 A Pundit in Bengal, or Molavee May daily see a carcase burn. 1788Burke Sp. agst. W. Hastings Wks. XVI. 103 These women have Mr. Middleton's..guarantee..for their having a law officer of high rank, or moulavie (printed moulavre) of their own. 1834Baboo II. xii. 253 The holy Moolavee was sent on board the ship. 1841Elphinstone Hist. Ind. II. viii. iii. 235 Though there was no organised body of clergy, there was a class (called moulavis or mullahs) from which judges, lawyers, and ministers of religion were..taken. 1862Beveridge Hist. Ind. III. ix. vi. 677 The Moulvie of Lucknow. 1864J. A. Grant Walk across Afr. xi. 239 The Seedees, though knowing nothing of the Mohammedan religion, the majority not being circumcised, were much more particular on those occasions, and offered more opinions than a ‘moulvie’, or Mussulman priest, would. 1891Daily Chron. 4 Sept. 5/5 Mohammedan moulvis. 1904G. Smith Short Hist. Chr. Missions 106 The Maulvies or Mohammedan doctors of Tunis. 1972Guardian 1 Dec. 14/3 The great bulk of [Guyanese] Indians are Hindus or Moslems, and pundits, moulvis and parents always viewed such [Christian] schools with suspicion.
Hence moolvee-ship, the office of the moolvee formerly appointed as assessor in certain courts.
a1886Sir G. Yule in Yule & Burnell Anglo-Ind. Gloss. Suppl. (1886) s.v. Law-officer, The Moulvee-ship..must have been abolished before I became a judge (I think), which was 2 or 3 years before the Mutiny; for I have no recollection of ever sitting with a Moulvee. |