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Mollah

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mol⋅lah

  [maw-luh]
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–noun
mullah.

mul⋅lah

  [muhl-uh, mool-uh, moo-luh]
–noun
1. (in Islamic countries) a title of respect for a person who is learned in, teaches, or expounds the sacred law.
2. (in Turkey) a provincial judge.
Also, mulla, mollah.

Origin:
1605–15; < Pers or Urdu mullā < Ar mawlā; see maulvi
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mullah 
title given in Muslim lands to one learned in theology and sacred law, 1613, from Turk. molla, Pers. and Urdu mulla, from Arabic mawla "master," from waliya "reigned, governed."
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