ulama

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ulama - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ulama
      n 1: the body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and
           Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences
           and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of
           continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the
           Islamic community [syn: ulema, ulama]