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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The code of law based on the Koran and hadith.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Arabic šarī‘a, divinely ordained law, from šara‘a, to prescribe or ordain (of God); see śrע in Semitic roots.]

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