Ulama
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ulama is a noun meaning A modern ball game descended from tlachtli.
Meaning
A modern ball game descended from tlachtli.
More Meanings
- (Islam) Alternative form of ulema.
- The devil bird (an avian cryptid of Sri Lanka)
Example Sentences
There is a bird in Ceylon, which the natives call ulama, or the demon bird, which utters most loud and ear-piercing screams, strongly resembling the shrieks of a human being in severe bodily agony.
There he […] became disillusioned with much of the Islamic clerical establishment, and first expressed his contempt for what he called ‘religious secularists’, those foolish ulama who attempt to separate politics from religion.
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