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dervish

DEFINITIONS OF: dervish

1

n an ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for devotional exercises involving bodily movements

Types:
whirler, whirling dervish
a dervish whose actions include ecstatic dancing and whirling
Type of:
fakeer, fakir, faqir, faquir
a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man
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