Sofees

English

Noun

Sofees (historical)

2. plural of Sofee (“archaic form of Sufi”)
   • 1737, John Greaves, “A description of the Grand Seignor's seraglio, or Turkish emperor's court”, in Miscellaneous works of Mr. John Greaves, professor of astronomy in the University of Oxford, volume 2, London: Thomas Birch, →OCLC, pages 785–786:

     Those Turks which ſeem to be profeſſors of religion and devotion, and would be accounted * Sofees, do commonly read, as they walk along the ſtreets, and have their Beads longer then other men, carrying them in their hands into the Moſcheas, and are ever buſy with them as they walk up and down the ſtreets, […]

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4. plural of Sofee (“archaic form of Safawi”)
   • 1893, “Ismail I”, in Cassell's new biographical dictionary: containing memoirs of the most eminent men and women of all ages and countries, New York: Cassell, →OCLC, page 470:

     Shah of Persia, founder of the dynasty of Sofees.

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