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Meaning of ulama | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. A (modern) ball game, descended from tlachtli.
    uncountable
  2. The devil bird (an avian cryptid of Sri Lanka)

Examples

“There he […] became disillusioned with much of the Islamic clerical establishment, and first expressed his contempt for what he called ‘religious secularists’, those foolish ulama who attempt to separate politics from religion.”
“There is a bird in Ceylon, which the natives call ulama, or the demon bird, which utters most loud and ear-piercing screams, strongly resembling the shrieks of a human being in severe bodily agony.”

CEFR level

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

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