Definitions for Druze

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Druze Druze

Spelling: [drooz]

IPA: /druz/

Druze is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 35 anagrams from letters in Druze (deruz).

Definitions for Druze

noun

1. Islam. a member of an independent religious sect living chiefly in Syria, Lebanon, and Israel, established in the 11th century as a branch of Ismaʿili Shiʿism and containing elements of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, and believing in the transmigration of souls and the ultimate perfection of humankind.

Origin of Druze

1595-1605; Arabic durūz, plural of durzī a Druze, derivative of the name of one of the sect founders, Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl al-Darazī

Examples for Druze

The problem of lack of zoning by the State for construction in the Druze villages is seething under the surface.

The Druze are a religious/ethnic minority without national aspirations.

Dr. De Forest used to say, that there is not a boor in the Druze nation.

The Christians and Druze communities, while not culpable, know what al-Qaida did to minorities in Iraq and elsewhere.

But what about those Arabs who serve in the IDF, specifically, the Druze who are conscripted and the Bedouin who volunteer?

They proudly take an Israeli flag on all of their outings, and display an Israeli and a Druze flag in all of their branches.

The old24 Druze women are masters of a pious religious phraseology.

This then, I believe, is the true system of Druze initiation.

In short, it was imperative that we should go at once to the Druze mountain.

The Druze villages were at our feet, and a green valley with a gleaming stream.