Definitions for ulama
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1. ulema, ulamanoun

   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

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1. ulamanoun

   An ancient Aztec ball game.

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1. Ulama

   In Islam, the ulama (; Arabic: علماء ʿUlamāʾ, singular عالِم ʿĀlim, "scholar", literally "the learned ones", also spelled ulema; feminine: alimah [singular] and aalimath [plural]) are the guardians, transmitters, and interpreters of religious knowledge in Islam, including Islamic doctrine and law.By longstanding tradition, ulama are educated in religious institutions (madrasas). The Quran and sunnah (authentic hadith) are the scriptural sources of traditional Islamic law.

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1. ulama

   Ulama refers to the scholars or learned individuals in the field of Islamic religious studies, particularly in the disciplines of law, theology, and philosophy. They are recognised for their knowledge and interpretation of Islam’s religious texts, the Quran and Hadith, and are responsible for transmitting and interpreting these texts across generations. It can include judges, teachers and other religious intellectuals.

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1. Ulama

   Ulama, also spelt ulema, refers to the educated class of Muslim legal scholars engaged in the several fields of Islamic studies. They are best known as the arbiters of sharia law. While the ulama are well versed in legal fiqh being Islamic lawyers, some of them also go on to specialize in other fields, such as hadith or tafseer. In a broader sense, the term ulama is used to describe the body of Muslim scholars who have completed several years of training and study of Islamic disciplines, such as a mufti, qadi, faqih, or muhaddith. Some Muslims include under this term the village mullahs and imams, who have attained only the lowest rungs on the ladder of Islamic scholarship; other Muslims would say that clerics must meet higher standards to be considered ulama.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ulama in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ulama in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ulama
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulama
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=ulama
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=ulama