SHAIKH AL-ISLAM


Meaning of SHAIKH AL-ISLAM in English

|shāˌkalə̇|släm, |shīˌk- noun

or sheikh ul islam -ku̇l-

Usage: usually capitalized S&I

Etymology: Arabic shaykh al-islām

: the chief judge of any of various large Muslim cities ; especially : the grand mufti of Constantinople

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.