Rifai
/rɪˈfɑːiː/noun
An order of Sufi dervishes pledged to poverty and asceticism, and practising the repeated calling out of chants to attain religious ecstasy.
- Formerly sometimes known as howling dervishes: see dervish..
adjective
Of or belonging to the Rifai; designating the Rifai.
Origin
Mid 19th century. From Dakhini rafāʿī, variant of rifāʿī and its etymon Arabic rifāʿī, rafāʿī from the name of Aḥmad b. Ali al-Rifāʿī (d. 1182), the founder of this order.
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