Definition of Mulla

1. Noun. A Muslim trained in the doctrine and law of Islam; the head of a mosque.

Exact synonyms: Mollah, Mullah
Group relationships: Ulama, Ulema
Generic synonyms: Moslem, Muslim

Definition of Mulla

1. n. Same as Mollah.

Definition of Mulla

1. Noun. (archaic form of mullah) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mulla

1. mullah [n -S] - See also: mullah

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mulla

muliebrities
muliebrity
mulier
mulierly
mulierose
mulierosity
mulierty
muling
mulish
mulishly
mulishness
mulishnesses
mull
mull over
mulla (current term)
mullagatawnies
mullagatawny
mullah
mullahcracies
mullahcracy
mullahism
mullahisms
mullahs
mullar
mullarky
mullars
mullas
mulled
mulled cider

Literary usage of Mulla

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

1. An Oriental Biographical Dictionary: Founded on Materials Collected by the by Thomas William Beale, Henry George Keene (1894)
"mulla Khusro, who is one of the most renowned of the Turkish ... mulla Qasim li Ï-«), of Mashhad, author of an Insha, or Collection of Letters. mulla Shah ..."

2. A Law Dictionary: Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States by John Bouvier (1856)
"3, я. l, n. 4, 6; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1721 and 1935. mulla ... The law forbids many things, which yet it has silently condemned. mulla ..."

3. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (1878)
"The name mulla, which Spenser took such delight in, is not, ... The poet got the name mulla much in the same way as he got 'baleful Oure ;'19 he borrowed it ..."

4. Fraser's Magazine (1878)
"The little river mulla, which he elsewhere speaks of as ' mulla mine, ... The poet got the name mulla much in the same way as he got 'baleful Oure ;'19 he ..."

5. Early Adventures in Persia, Susiana, and Babylonia: Including a Residence by Austen Henry Layard (1887)
"... wife of Mehemet Taki Khan—Plain of Mal-Emir—mulla Mohammed—Sculptures and inscriptions of ... encampment—Difficulties in crossing the Karun—mulla ..."

6. In Darkest Africa, Or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"... daughter—Selim Bey receives a letter from Fadl-el-mulla—The Pasha appointed naturalist and meteorologist to the Expedition—The Pasha a Materialist —Dr. ..."

7. The Borzoi 1920: Being a Sort of Record of Five Years' Publishing by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc (1920)
""I am poor and growing old," he said, "and I cannot catch fish as once I could. How is that done, O Royal Traveller?" —62— A PAGE FROM THE THREE mulla- ..."

8. An Oriental Biographical Dictionary: Founded on Materials Collected by the by Thomas William Beale, Henry George Keene (1894)
"mulla Khusro, who is one of the most renowned of the Turkish ... mulla Qasim li Ï-«), of Mashhad, author of an Insha, or Collection of Letters. mulla Shah ..."

9. A Law Dictionary: Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States by John Bouvier (1856)
"3, я. l, n. 4, 6; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1721 and 1935. mulla ... The law forbids many things, which yet it has silently condemned. mulla ..."

10. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (1878)
"The name mulla, which Spenser took such delight in, is not, ... The poet got the name mulla much in the same way as he got 'baleful Oure ;'19 he borrowed it ..."

11. Fraser's Magazine (1878)
"The little river mulla, which he elsewhere speaks of as ' mulla mine, ... The poet got the name mulla much in the same way as he got 'baleful Oure ;'19 he ..."

12. Early Adventures in Persia, Susiana, and Babylonia: Including a Residence by Austen Henry Layard (1887)
"... wife of Mehemet Taki Khan—Plain of Mal-Emir—mulla Mohammed—Sculptures and inscriptions of ... encampment—Difficulties in crossing the Karun—mulla ..."

13. In Darkest Africa, Or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"... daughter—Selim Bey receives a letter from Fadl-el-mulla—The Pasha appointed naturalist and meteorologist to the Expedition—The Pasha a Materialist —Dr. ..."

14. The Borzoi 1920: Being a Sort of Record of Five Years' Publishing by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc (1920)
""I am poor and growing old," he said, "and I cannot catch fish as once I could. How is that done, O Royal Traveller?" —62— A PAGE FROM THE THREE mulla- ..."

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