| 单词 | rifai | 
| 释义 | Rifain.adj.α. 1800s– Rufai, 1800s– Rufa‘i, 1800s Rufa'ee, 1800s Rufaee. β. 1800s– Rifai, 1800s– Rifa'i, 1800s– Rifa'ee. γ. 1800s– Rafai, 1900s– Rafa'i. δ. 1800s Refa'iy, 1900s– Refai, 1900s– Refa'i, 1900s– Refa-ee (rare).  A. n.   An order of Sufi dervishes pledged to poverty and asceticism, and practising the repeated calling out of chants to attain religious ecstasy. Also: a member of this order.Formerly sometimes known as howling dervishes: see dervish n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > friar > 			[noun]		 > Muslim dervish1585 fakir1609 whirler1815 Rifai1832 1832    G. A. Herklots tr.  J. Sharîf Qanoon-e-Islam xxviii. 291  				Rufaee or Goorz-mar, they originate from Syed Ahmud Kubeer, whose fuqeers strike the point of the goorz against their breasts, or into their eyes, level blows at their backs with the sword, thrust a spit through their sides, or into their eyes. 1868    J. P. Brown Dervishes ii. 51  				Ahmed Sa'eed Rufâ'ee was the founder of the Order of the Rufâ'ees, generally known among European travellers as the ‘Howling Dervishes’, from their peculiar mode of worship. 1877    Encycl. Brit. VII. 114/1  				This leads to the Devr, or rotation, in which the Rufai, or Howling Dervishes, stand in a circle, shoulder to shoulder, each on his right foot, and swaying the body and the left leg backwards and forwards or from side to side. 1885    in  E. Balfour Cycl. India 		(ed. 3)	 I. 893  				The Rafai darvesh, so common in Turkey, inflict on themselves great self-torture. 1921    O. Hardman Ideals of Asceticism ii. 44  				In Egypt..they [sc. the Sa'adiyyah] have maintained a close connection with the Rifa'iyyah, or ‘howling darwishes’. 1990    Sunday Mail 		(Queensland)	 		(Nexis)	 17 July  				The Sufi orders of which the Whirling Dervishes are the most famous, though perhaps least significant. More important are groups like..the Suliemanji and the Rifai. 2000    G. Duijzings Relig. & Polit. Identity v. 114  				Some orders (notably the Halveti, the Sadi, the Kaderi and the Rufai) had a large membership, with thousands of followers.  B. adj. (attributive).   Of or belonging to the Rifai; designating the Rifai. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > friar > 			[adjective]		 > Muslim Rifai1832 fakir-likea1843 1832    G. A. Herklots tr.  J. Sharîf Qanoon-e-Islam Index p. cxxiv  				Ahmud Kubeer, the founder of the Rufaee class of fuqeers. 1836    E. W. Lane Acct. Manners & Customs Mod. Egyptians I. x. 310  				The Rifa′'ee durwee′shes are celebrated for the performance of many wonderful feats. 1911    Bull. N.Y. Public Libr. 15 216  				Muhammadan theological and ethical ideas according to the Rifai brotherhood. 1929    T. C. Bridges  & H. H. Tiltman More Heroes Mod. Adventure xiii. 184  				The Rufai Sheik sprang to his feet and seized a red-hot iron spit from a brazier. 2000    KMT Winter 85/2  				A brief description of the tombs of some of the Ottoman rulers and the burials in the Rifai Mosque. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < | 
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