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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شریعت (şeri'at), from Arabic شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa).
Pronunciation
Noun
chériat m (uncountable)
- Archaic form of charia.
1896, Le Tour du monde, volume 2, page 208:Cette juridiction du chériat s’occupe des questions litigieuses qui relèvent du droit musulman […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1913, Gabriel Louis Jaray, L'Albanie inconnue:Mais, croyez-vous que la Constitution est conforme ou contraire au chériat ? Nous ne savons pas ; nous ne voulons que le chériat, le chériat comme autrefois.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1967, Cahiers internationaux de sociologie, volumes 42–45, page 115:Il y a, il est vrai, sous ce rapport, quelques différences minimes entre le chériat et les canouns, mais les prescriptions venant de l’une et l’autre source maintiennent résolument ce principe.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)