Shaykh

Word SHAYKH
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Definitions and meanings of "Shaykh"

What do we mean by shaykh?

The leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe.

An Islamic religious cleric; the leader of an Islamic religious order.

(some Arab Gulf countries) An official title for members of the royal family as well as some prominent families.

(1920s) A romantic lover. (from the 1921 film The Sheik)

An Arab, especially one dressed in traditional clothing.

An honorific for specialists in spirituality.

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The word "shaykh" in example sentences

Lord Beaconsfield; and at one of her parties, when the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh were present, by request of the hostess Burton dressed as a Bedawin shaykh, and Isabel as a Moslem woman of Damascus. ❋ William Henry Burton Wilkins (1897)

We had thirty-six different races and creeds and tongues: grey-bearded Moslems, fierce-looking Druzes, a rough Kurdish chief, a Bedawin shaykh, a few sleek Jewish usurers, every one of the fourteen castes of Christians, the Protestant missionaries, and all the ❋ William Henry Burton Wilkins (1897)

An American woman who embraced Sufism went on a journey to the Muslim world to find a shaykh, a mystical teacher who could guide her on her spiritual path. ❋ Kamran Pasha (2010)

After spending many more hours carefully and lovingly caressing the horse with the brush, she showed the shaykh her work. ❋ Kamran Pasha (2010)

The shaykh turned to her with a smile, his eyes twinkling. ❋ Kamran Pasha (2010)

At the end of the day, the shaykh returned and she showed him her work. ❋ Kamran Pasha (2010)

She told the shaykh that she sought the perfection that came from unity with God. ❋ Kamran Pasha (2010)

Every day she showed the shaykh her work, and every day he found it imperfect. ❋ Kamran Pasha (2010)

The shaykh nodded and told her that her first step on the journey would come once she mastered a simple earthly task, such as grooming a horse. ❋ Kamran Pasha (2010)

After several months, when the shaykh yet again dismissed her brushing as inadequate, the woman exploded in fury. ❋ Kamran Pasha (2010)

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