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khalsa

[ kahl-suh ]

noun

  1. a martial fraternity originated in 1699 and remaining as one of the closely knit communities of the Sikhs.


Khalsa

/ ˈkælsə /

noun

  1. an order of the Sikh religion, founded (1699) by Guru Gobind Singh. Members vow to wear the five Ks, to eat only ritually killed meat, and to refrain from committing adultery or cutting their hair


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Word History and Origins

Origin of khalsa1

1770–80; < Hindi khālṣa literally, pure ≪ Arabic khāliṣah

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Example Sentences

The 1699 inauguration of the Khalsa Panth also demonstrates an integration of the spiritual and political.

I asked a prominent executive who had been a devoted patient of Khalsa's about him.

He said he had stopped seeing Khalsa after the doctor became well-known in Hollywood.

I emailed Khalsa questions about Alley's business and whether he endorses her products.

The garrison proved to be entirely composed of irregular auxiliaries to the Khalsa, and they made no show of determination.

The battle of Sobraon destroyed the Khalsa army, and humbled the military power of the nation.

Indications were already given that neither the Khalsa army nor its chiefs felt even yet vanquished.

The Khalsa, as the Sikh commonwealth was styled, was full of zeal for its creed, a reformed Hindooism.

The khalsa army again came together, and more than once fought on even terms with the British.

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