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‖ cadi|ˈkɑːdɪ, ˈkeɪdɪ|
Also 6–8 cady, 7 kadi, caddi, -ee, 7–8 cadee, 9 kady, (7 cadis, cade, 8 cadjee).
[a. Arab. qāḑī judge, f. qaḑa(y to judge. (Whence, with al-, Sp. alcalde.)]
A civil judge among the Turks, Arabs, Persians, etc.; usually the judge of a town or village.
1590Webbe Trav. (1868) 33 In Turkie..the graunde Cady, that is their chiefest Iudg. 1613Purchas Pilgr. I. vi. viii. 498 The house of the Cadi. 1653Greaves Seraglio 155 In the presence of the Cadee (who is the Justice). 1682Wheler Journ. Greece vi. 419 The Veivode and Caddi..came to make their Inspection. 1688Lond. Gaz. No. 2328/1 The Kadis or Judges. 1703Maundrell Journ. (1721) 95 The Cadi at last gave sentence. 1852Willis Cruise in Medit. xxxix. 236 The black-banded turban of a cadi.
Hence ˈcadiship, the office of a cadi.
1881Harper's Mag. LXIII. 353 The judge or cadi—I am not positive as to the cadiship. |