howling dervish
1howling — adj. 1 that howls. 2 sl. extreme (a howling shame). 3 archaic dreary (howling wilderness). Phrases and idioms: howling dervish see DERVISH …
2dervish — n. a member of any of several Muslim fraternities vowed to poverty and austerity. Phrases and idioms: whirling (or dancing or howling) dervish a dervish performing a wild dance, or howling, according to which sect he belongs to. Etymology: Turk.… …
3dervish — /ˈdɜvɪʃ / (say dervish) noun a member of any of various Muslim ascetic orders, some of which carry on ecstatic observances, such as violent dancing and pirouetting (dancing dervish, spinning dervish or whirling dervish) or vociferous chanting or… …
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5Sufism — Sufistic, adj. /sooh fiz euhm/, n. the ascetic and mystical system of the Sufis. Also, Sufiism /sooh fee iz euhm/. [1810 20; SUFI + ISM] * * * Mystical movement within Islam that seeks to find divine love and knowledge through direct personal… …
6List of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition monsters — This literature related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. See also: List of Dungeons Dragons monsters Contents 1 TSR 2009 Monster Manual (1977 …
7literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
8tariqa — ▪ Islam also spelled tariqah, Arabic tarīqah (“road,” “path,” or “way”), the Muslim spiritual path toward direct knowledge (maʿrifah) of God or Reality (ḥaqq). In the 9th and 10th centuries tariqa meant the spiritual path of individual… …
