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‖ mukim|ˈmuːkɪm|
Pl. mukim, mukims.
[Malay, ad. Arab. muḳīm remaining, resident.]
In Malaysia, a Muslim parish, the smallest administrative district.
1839T. J. Newbold Pol. & Statistical Acct. Straits of Malacca I. v. 247 The immediate religious care of the inhabitants of the Mukim (or parish) to which the mosque belongs, devolves upon the Imam, Khatib, and Bilal. 1907F. A. Swettenham Brit. Malaya x. 228 The districts were again sub-divided into Mukim. 1911Encycl. Brit. XVII. 482/2 The state is divided into mukim or parishes. 1948Malayan Pict. Observer Dec. 1 In Jimah Mukim of Port Dickson District..lies the Chuah Indian Settlement. 1958J. M. Gullick Indigenous Political Syst. W. Malaya ii. 36 A mukim, a sub-district which may include several villages... Mukim denotes the area served by a mosque and is sometimes translated ‘parish’. 1964K. G. Tregonning Hist. Mod. Malaya vii. 157 By making administration at local mukim level the responsibility of people trusted in the kampongs, he created a stable State. |