shereefn.

Brit.

/ʃəˈriːf/, U.S.

/ʃəˈrif/

Forms: 1500s sherife, xarifo, xerifo, serif(f)o, 1600s seriph, seriff, zeriff(e, xeriff(e, ceriffe, sheriffe, shreeve, 1600s– sharif, 1600s–1700s scherif, 1600s, 1800s sherif(f, 1600s–1800s cheriff, 1700s shirreff, shirreef, cherif(fe, cheref, shariff, xarif, 1800s sherriff(e, sherreef, sharife, 1800s– shareef; plural 1800s shorfa.

Etymology: < Arabic sharīf noble, glorious, < sharafa to be exalted.

1. A descendant of Muhammad through his daughter Fatima. In some of the early quots. taken spec. for a Muslim priest.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Islam > [noun] > founder > descendant of

greenhead1585

shereef1599

Fatimite1728

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > kinds of priest > [noun] > Muslim

mufti1586

shereef1599

alfaqui1600

imam1613

1599 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. ii. 104 Wee..tooke a Pangaia of the Moores, which had a priest of theirs in it, which in their language they call a Sherife.

1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ii. 50 A Seriffo or Mahumetan priest.

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 30 As for the Kindred of Mahomet, whom they call Scherifs, they wear a green Turban.

1704 J. Pitts True Acct. Mohammetans vii. 90 The Sultaun of Mecca..is a Shirreeff, i.e. one of the Race of Mohammet.

1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea III. iv. 29 (note) The Cheriffs, successors of Mahommed.

1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 309/2 Among them are many sherifs, or pretended descendants of Mohammed.

1860 G. Bennett Gatherings of Naturalist in Austral. xxiii. 443 The mosque of El Haibee..contains the tomb of the founder, and, from his being a sherriff, is covered with a green silk pall.

1959 Economist 3 July 11/2 Even the assorted amirs, sultans and sharifs of south Arabia.

1974 C. Majul in Gowing & McAmis Muslim Filipinos i. 4 The sultans of Sulu have all claimed descent from this sharif.

2. Hence used (often with capital initial) as the title of certain Arab princes.

a. The sovereign of Morocco; also, the ruler of any of the districts of Morocco.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > shereef of Morocco

shereef1600

1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. To Rdr. 4 The Xarifo [margin. Or Xerifo, or Serifo] otherwise called the Miramonin, or the king of Maroco Sus and Fez.

1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ii. 81 I my selfe was present at this faire in the companie of my Lord the Seriffo for the space of fifteene daies.

a1618 W. Raleigh Disc. Orig. Cause Warre (1650) F iiij The Seriph in Barbarie.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. viii. 367 Their chiefe Seriff, or Vicegerent, being sent from Morocco.

1705 Acct. of Conf. between Duke of Buckingham & Father Fitzgerald in Duke of Buckingham Misc. Wks. II. 36 Sultans of Babylon, Caliphs of Ægypt,..and Xeriffs of Morocco.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Cheref, a title assumed by the emperors of Morocco.

1892 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 420/1 The shorfa, or shereefs, had been content to live a pastoral life amongst their flocks and herds... Probably simplicity was the principal feature of the early Shorfa of Wazan.

b. The ruler of various other places; esp. the chief magistrate, or local governor of Mecca.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > Saracen or Arab ruler

admiralc1275

soldanc1380

emir1542

sultan1555

shereef1603

Mir1625

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > local or district governor > [noun] > governor of Mecca

shereef1603

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 5 And with him [sc. the Sultan] sent the Seriph, a man of great place among the Mahumetans, his embassadour vnto the emperour.

1622 H. Crosby Jrnl. 10 Mar. in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1622–3 (1908) 2 [At Mohilla] the shreeve that was with him had some of the spice and the chinna trenchers. The King and the shreeve and the Kings two sonns stayed.

1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iii. xi. 257 The Sheriffe of Mecca.

1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iv. xvi. 539 Euery night at Sun-set they stand or kneele all towards the Sunne and pray, the Xeriff [of Socatra] throwing water on their heads.

1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature xvii. 300 Others, keeping up their Wives: jayled, and confined to their Prison, as the Zeriffes of Pesia, that none see them.

1694 London Gaz. No. 2997/2 The Ceriffe, or King of Mecca,..had revolted against the Ottoman Government.

1704 J. Pitts True Acct. Mohammetans vii. 91 The Sultan Shirreef of Mecca.

1734 G. Sale Preliminary Disc. i. 4 in tr. Koran The prince or Sharif has a garden well planted at his castle of Marbaa.

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. v. i. 317 The authority of an Arabian scherif is very great; that of a Tartar khan altogether despotical.

1805 Amer. St. Papers (1832) II. 723 This morning came in two deserters from the enemy's camp, both Levant Turks,..a choux and a cheriff, corresponding with the rank of aid-de-camp and ensign [Tripoli].

1848 R. Curzon Visits Monasteries (1897) i. iii. 22 On entering the tent we found the Cadi; the son of the sheriff of Mecca.

1900 Q. Rev. Oct. 348 With the overshadowing Turkish Sultans a dynasty of Shareefs could not well be on amicable terms.

3. A dignitary of high standing having both temporal and spiritual power among the Mohammedans of the Philippine Islands.

ΚΠ

1898 D. C. Worcester Philippine Islands 159 The spiritual welfare of the people is looked after by panditas, or priests, who are in turn subject to cherifs.

Derivatives

Sheˈreefate n. the office of Shereef.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > shereef of Morocco > position of

Shereefate1924

1924 Glasgow Herald 8 Mar. 9 He began his official career by assisting successive Sherifs, and in 1908..was appointed to the Sherifate by the Porte.

sheˈreefial adj. = shereefian adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [adjective] > of or relating to shereef of Morocco

shereefian1887

shereefial1917

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > local or district governor > [adjective] > relating to governor of Mecca

shereefial1917

shereefian1921

1917 R. Storrs Orientations (1937) x. 244 He [sc. the Sultan of Muscat] professes entire satisfaction..with the Sharifial movement.

1920 19th Cent. Aug. 233 It was to the British Government..that the Sherifial family of Mecca addressed their communications during the war.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	shereef
释义	shereefn. Brit. /ʃəˈriːf/, U.S. /ʃəˈrif/ Forms: 1500s sherife, xarifo, xerifo, serif(f)o, 1600s seriph, seriff, zeriff(e, xeriff(e, ceriffe, sheriffe, shreeve, 1600s– sharif, 1600s–1700s scherif, 1600s, 1800s sherif(f, 1600s–1800s cheriff, 1700s shirreff, shirreef, cherif(fe, cheref, shariff, xarif, 1800s sherriff(e, sherreef, sharife, 1800s– shareef; plural 1800s shorfa. Etymology: < Arabic sharīf noble, glorious, < sharafa to be exalted. 1. A descendant of Muhammad through his daughter Fatima. In some of the early quots. taken spec. for a Muslim priest. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Islam > [noun] > founder > descendant of greenhead1585 shereef1599 Fatimite1728 society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > kinds of priest > [noun] > Muslim mufti1586 shereef1599 alfaqui1600 imam1613 1599 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. ii. 104 Wee..tooke a Pangaia of the Moores, which had a priest of theirs in it, which in their language they call a Sherife. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ii. 50 A Seriffo or Mahumetan priest. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 30 As for the Kindred of Mahomet, whom they call Scherifs, they wear a green Turban. 1704 J. Pitts True Acct. Mohammetans vii. 90 The Sultaun of Mecca..is a Shirreeff, i.e. one of the Race of Mohammet. 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea III. iv. 29 (note) The Cheriffs, successors of Mahommed. 1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 309/2 Among them are many sherifs, or pretended descendants of Mohammed. 1860 G. Bennett Gatherings of Naturalist in Austral. xxiii. 443 The mosque of El Haibee..contains the tomb of the founder, and, from his being a sherriff, is covered with a green silk pall. 1959 Economist 3 July 11/2 Even the assorted amirs, sultans and sharifs of south Arabia. 1974 C. Majul in Gowing & McAmis Muslim Filipinos i. 4 The sultans of Sulu have all claimed descent from this sharif. 2. Hence used (often with capital initial) as the title of certain Arab princes. a. The sovereign of Morocco; also, the ruler of any of the districts of Morocco. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > shereef of Morocco shereef1600 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. To Rdr. 4 The Xarifo [margin. Or Xerifo, or Serifo] otherwise called the Miramonin, or the king of Maroco Sus and Fez. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ii. 81 I my selfe was present at this faire in the companie of my Lord the Seriffo for the space of fifteene daies. a1618 W. Raleigh Disc. Orig. Cause Warre (1650) F iiij The Seriph in Barbarie. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. viii. 367 Their chiefe Seriff, or Vicegerent, being sent from Morocco. 1705 Acct. of Conf. between Duke of Buckingham & Father Fitzgerald in Duke of Buckingham Misc. Wks. II. 36 Sultans of Babylon, Caliphs of Ægypt,..and Xeriffs of Morocco. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Cheref, a title assumed by the emperors of Morocco. 1892 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 420/1 The shorfa, or shereefs, had been content to live a pastoral life amongst their flocks and herds... Probably simplicity was the principal feature of the early Shorfa of Wazan. b. The ruler of various other places; esp. the chief magistrate, or local governor of Mecca. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > Saracen or Arab ruler admiralc1275 soldanc1380 emir1542 sultan1555 shereef1603 Mir1625 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > local or district governor > [noun] > governor of Mecca shereef1603 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 5 And with him [sc. the Sultan] sent the Seriph, a man of great place among the Mahumetans, his embassadour vnto the emperour. 1622 H. Crosby Jrnl. 10 Mar. in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1622–3 (1908) 2 [At Mohilla] the shreeve that was with him had some of the spice and the chinna trenchers. The King and the shreeve and the Kings two sonns stayed. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iii. xi. 257 The Sheriffe of Mecca. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iv. xvi. 539 Euery night at Sun-set they stand or kneele all towards the Sunne and pray, the Xeriff [of Socatra] throwing water on their heads. 1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature xvii. 300 Others, keeping up their Wives: jayled, and confined to their Prison, as the Zeriffes of Pesia, that none see them. 1694 London Gaz. No. 2997/2 The Ceriffe, or King of Mecca,..had revolted against the Ottoman Government. 1704 J. Pitts True Acct. Mohammetans vii. 91 The Sultan Shirreef of Mecca. 1734 G. Sale Preliminary Disc. i. 4 in tr. Koran The prince or Sharif has a garden well planted at his castle of Marbaa. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. v. i. 317 The authority of an Arabian scherif is very great; that of a Tartar khan altogether despotical. View more context for this quotation 1805 Amer. St. Papers (1832) II. 723 This morning came in two deserters from the enemy's camp, both Levant Turks,..a choux and a cheriff, corresponding with the rank of aid-de-camp and ensign [Tripoli]. 1848 R. Curzon Visits Monasteries (1897) i. iii. 22 On entering the tent we found the Cadi; the son of the sheriff of Mecca. 1900 Q. Rev. Oct. 348 With the overshadowing Turkish Sultans a dynasty of Shareefs could not well be on amicable terms. 3. A dignitary of high standing having both temporal and spiritual power among the Mohammedans of the Philippine Islands. ΚΠ 1898 D. C. Worcester Philippine Islands 159 The spiritual welfare of the people is looked after by panditas, or priests, who are in turn subject to cherifs. Derivatives Sheˈreefate n. the office of Shereef. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > shereef of Morocco > position of Shereefate1924 1924 Glasgow Herald 8 Mar. 9 He began his official career by assisting successive Sherifs, and in 1908..was appointed to the Sherifate by the Porte. sheˈreefial adj. = shereefian adj. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [adjective] > of or relating to shereef of Morocco shereefian1887 shereefial1917 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > local or district governor > [adjective] > relating to governor of Mecca shereefial1917 shereefian1921 1917 R. Storrs Orientations (1937) x. 244 He [sc. the Sultan of Muscat] professes entire satisfaction..with the Sharifial movement. 1920 19th Cent. Aug. 233 It was to the British Government..that the Sherifial family of Mecca addressed their communications during the war. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1599
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