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1. advice, n. View full entry c1300
...The view which a person holds in regard to a given matter; opinion, judgement, assessment. Also: the action of adopting a particular view or opinion; decision; (occas.) an opinion. Obs....
2. baba, n.2 View full entry 1771
...Father. Also used as a respectful from of address for an older man; cf. baba...
3. Bakrid, n. View full entry 1671
...In South Asia: the Islamic festival commemorating Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son upon God's commandment; = Eid-al-Adha...
4. class, n. and adj. View full entry 1533
...Roman Hist. A group of Roman citizens who could meet a certain minimum wealth qualification; spec. each of the five groups into which property owners were divided for military...
5. communalism, n. View full entry 1871
...A principle or system of social organization in which the major political units of society are local self-governing communities. Now rare (hist. in later use)....
6. communalist, n. and adj. View full entry 1871
...An advocate of communalism (communalism1); esp. a member or supporter of the Paris Commune of 1871, a Communard. Now rare (hist....
7. hakeem | hakim, n. View full entry 1638
...A physician or doctor, in Muslim countries and in India....
8. hakim, n. View full entry 1615
...A judge, ruler, or governor, in Muslim countries and in India; the administrative authority in a district....
9. kiack, n. View full entry 1599
...In Burma (Myanmar): a Buddhist temple....
10. langar, n. View full entry 1874
...In South Asia: a communal kitchen or eating place (in quot. 1874: a rest house for travellers). Now esp. (Sikhism): a public eating place attached to...
11. mahant, n. View full entry 1801
...In South Asia: a religious superior....
12. Mahatma, n. View full entry 1882
...In the Esoteric Buddhism of members of the Theosophical Society: any of a class of persons with preternatural powers, supposed to exist in South Asia and Tibet (south-western China)....
13. mandapa, n. View full entry 1807
...In southern India: a temple....
14. mandir, n. View full entry 1811
...A Hindu temple....
15. marga, n. View full entry 1862
...In Indian music, art, dance, etc.: the corpus of established classical or pre-classical forms (as opposed to more modern and variable local or folk developments). Freq. attrib....
16. marriage, n. View full entry c1300
...The condition of being a husband or wife; the relation between persons married to each other; matrimony....
17. math, n.2 View full entry 1828
...In South Asia: a monastery, esp. one for celibate Hindu mendicants....
18. Mazhabi, n. View full entry 1849
...Originally: a convert to Sikhism from Islam. In later use (from the end of the 19th cent.): (in the Punjab) a Sikh convert from the Chuhra group of outcastes (traditionally sweepers and...
19. minor, adj. and n. View full entry c1230
...Used chiefly as postmodifier....
20. mudim, n. View full entry 1625
...In Malaysia and Indonesia: a junior Muslim official, spec. one who (in traditional communities) performs circumcisions....
