Meaning of ulama | Babel Free

Definitions

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

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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.”

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