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Meaning of adat | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Initialism of Alesis Digital Audio Tape: a kind of magnetic tape for storing soundtracks.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. Traditional custom or law, in Islamic parts of Southeast Asia.
    countable, uncountable

Examples

“[T]he early-nineteenth-century Padri movement […] was an accelerated programme of religious renewal in West Sumatra, an attempt to cleanse Islam of adat or local customary law and practices.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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