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khalsa

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khal⋅sa

[kahl-suh]
–noun
a martial fraternity originated in 1699 and remaining as one of the closely knit communities of the Sikhs.

Origin:
1770–80; < Hindi khālṣa lit., pure ≪ Ar khāliṣah
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khalsa

noun
the group of initiated Sikhs to which devout orthodox Sikhs are ritually admitted at puberty; founded by the tenth and last Guru in 1699 
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