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ra·yah also ra·ya     (rä'yə, rī'ə)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A Christian subject under an Ottoman ruler.

[Turkish râya, from Arabic ra'īyah, subject, flock, from ra'ā, to pasture, feed; see rʕy in Semitic roots.]
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