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sha⋅ri⋅ʿah

  [shah-ree-ah]
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–noun Islam.
law, seen as deriving from the Koran, hadith, ijmaʿ, and qiyas.
Also, sha⋅ri⋅ʿa.

Origin:
1875–80; < Ar sharīʿah
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sha·ri·'a or sha·ri·a also sha·ri·'ah   (shä-rē'ä)   
n.   Islam
The code of law based on the Koran.

[Arabic šarī'a, divinely ordained law, from šara'a, to prescribe or ordain (of God); see śrʕ in Semitic roots.]
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Word Origin & History

sharia 
Islamic religious law, 1855, from Arabic shari'ah "the revealed law," from shar' "revelation."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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