Definition of Sharifian

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sharifian

sharest
shareth
shareware
sharewares
sharewort
shari'a
sharia
sharia law
shariah
shariah law
shariahs
sharias
shariat
shariats
sharif
sharifian (current term)
sharifs
sharing
sharings
shark
shark-jumping
shark-liver oil
shark attack
shark bait
shark fin
shark fin soup
shark fin soups
shark fins
shark liver oil
shark oil

Literary usage of Sharifian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of the Colonization of Africa by Alien Races by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1899)
"... of the present sharifian dynasty of Morocco ; though some centuries elapsed before these sharifian sultans succeeded in establishing universal rule. ..."

2. A History of the Colonization of Africa by Alien Races by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1899)
"... of the present sharifian dynasty of Morocco; though some centuries elapsed before these sharifian sultans succeeded in establishing universal rule. ..."

3. A History of the Colonization of Africa by Alien Races by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1899)
"... of the present sharifian dynasty of Morocco; though some centuries elapsed before these sharifian sultans succeeded in establishing universal rule. ..."

4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1903)
"... but he himself should rule over Morocco, his sharifian descent being equal to that of Mulai Abdul Aziz, for he claimed to be the Sultan's elder brother, ..."

5. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1920)
"When expelled from Spain most of them took service under the sharifian Emperors of Morocco, and brought with them a European knowledge of fire-arms. ..."

6. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1889)
"Not absolutely daunted by the prohibition, and relying on finding some way to evade His sharifian Majesty's will, we left Tangiers by steamer for Casablanca ..."

7. Liberia by Harry Hamilton Johnston, Otto Stapf (1906)
"... Abd-al-Malek, and the first of the sharifian, Abu'l Abbas Ahmad al-Mansur. Realising that he had not only lost the battle, but the Portuguese empire in ..."

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