Ulema

[,u:lə'mɑ:]

Definition

(noun.) 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.

Edited by Hugh--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A college or corporation in Turkey composed of the hierarchy, namely, the imams, or ministers of religion, the muftis, or doctors of law, and the cadis, or administrators of justice.

Editor: Nancy

Definition

n. the collective name (which can not be used as a singular) of the body of professional theologians and doctors of divinity and therefore of law in any Mohammedan country.

Checker: Lyman