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noun, plural muf·tis.
1.
civilian clothes, in contrast with military or other uniforms, or as worn by a person who usually wears a uniform.
2.
a Muslim jurist expert in the religious law.
3.
(in the Ottoman Empire) a deputy of the chief Muslim legal adviser to the Sultan.
4.
(initial capital letter) Grand Mufti.
Origin:
1580–90; < Arabic muftī literally, a person who delivers a judgment, originally a Muslim legal adviser; sense of def. 1 arises from the legal adviser being a civil official
1580–90; < Arabic muftī literally, a person who delivers a judgment, originally a Muslim legal adviser; sense of def. 1 arises from the legal adviser being a civil official
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mufti
1586, muphtie "official head of the state religion in Turkey," from Ar. mufti "judge," active participle of afta "to give," conjugated form of fata "he gave a (legal) decision." Sense of "ordinary clothes (not in uniform)" is from 1816, perhaps from mufti's costume of robes and slippers in stage plays,
EXPANDwhich was felt to resemble plain clothes.
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