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DERVISH
DERVISH
ScnMaster
a
member
of any various Moslem orders of ascetics (ones who
lead
a
life
of
austere
self
-
discipline
, especially as an
act
of
religious
devotion or penance), some of which employ whirling dances and the chanting of
religious
formulas
to
produce
a
collective
ecstasy.
—
DMSMH
Glossary (app. 14.7.90)
DERVISH
ScnTUEU
a
member
of any various Moslem orders of ascetics (ones who
lead
a
life
of
austere
self
-
discipline
, especially as an
act
of
religious
devotion or penance), some of which employ whirling dances and the chanting of
religious
formulas
to
produce
a
collective
ecstasy.