sceriat

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Italian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish شریعت (şeri'at), from Arabic شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa).

Noun

sceriat m (uncountable)

  1. Archaic form of shari'a.
    • 1882, Ministero degli affari esteri, Sulla politica italiana in Egitto, page 18:
      Cosa è questo sistema che il più vecchio debba succedere in famiglia secondo il diritto musulmano lo Sceriat?
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    • 1909, Pro familia rivista settimanale illustrata, page 158:
      La polizia spagnuola lo sorvegliava da tempo, ma noi abbiamo visto rimesso in vigore lo Sceriat, cioè la legge religiosa, []
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    • 1912, Rivista coloniale, page 501:
      Il Corano, la Sunna, lo Sceriat, []
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