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majlis|mædʒˈlɪs|
Also madjlis, majlas, majliss, medjelis, medjliss, mejliss, mezlis.
[Arab. majlis.]
An assembly or council; spec. the national assembly in Iran; also, a reception-room.
1821G. F. Lyon Narr. Trav. N. Afr. vi. 261, I found Mukni sitting in the greatest agitation, pale, and alone in the Mezlis, or Court of his Castle, and scarcely able to welcome me. 1830J. L. Burckhardt Notes on Bedouins & Wahábys 291 At his evening assemblies (madjlis), everybody sat down where he could find a convenient place. 1855R. F. Burton Pilgrimage II. xv. 36 The Shaykh..led me up to the majlis, which was swept and garnished with all due apparatus for the forthcoming reception ceremony. 1870Once a Week 7 May 303/2 ‘To⁓morrow,’ we said, ‘at the Medjliss hour, we will be punctual.’ 1885E. Balfour Cycl. India (ed. 3) II. 799/1 Majlas, Arab., is an assembly. 1911Encycl. Brit. XXI. 198/2 By a rescript dated the 5th of August [1906] Muzza-far-ud-Dīn Shah gave his assent to the formation of a national council (Majlis i shora i milli). 1920Glasgow Herald 29 Nov. 11/2 The British Government expects the Mejliss to meet within a month to decide whether it wishes to ratify the Anglo-Persian agreement. 1925Lit. Digest 27 June 19/2 Premier Riza Khan replied in the Medjelis that..he would proclaim Persia a republic. 1940F. Stark Winter in Arabia 160 There in the Mansabi majliss they sit. 1955Times 22 June 11/3 The lead..has been taken up by the Majlis, where a strong group of Government supporters has been formed. 1964Ann. Reg. 1963 296 The Majlis was opened on 6 October, thus bringing to an end a period of some two and a half years during which the Constitution had been suspended. 1972Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 12 Mar. 28/1 [Bahrein] There is an air of desert democracy mixed with a certain noblesse oblige about the majlis, the formal Arab court session in which the ruler sits on his throne. 1973Nat. Geographic Feb. 227/2, I found him presiding over the majlis, the open meeting attended by petitioners and friends each day [in Oman]. 1974Christian Science Monitor 5 Dec. 3F/2 Colorful Arab dhows sail past concrete skyscrapers outside the windows of the Majlis. |