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1776 in 13/2 The Cauree and Muftee of the district, and two Moulewys, shall sit to expound the Law.
1784 in (1856) 26 79 A Pundit in Bengal, or Molavee May daily see a carcase burn.
1794 E. Burke Speech Impeachm. W. Hastings in (1827) VIII. 375 These women have Mr. Middleton's..guarantee..for their having a law officer of high rank, a moulavie [printed moulavre] of their own.
1834 II. xii. 253 The holy Moolavee was sent on board the ship.
1841 M. Elphinstone II. viii. iii. 235 Though there was no organised body of clergy, there was a class (called moulavis or mullahs) from which judges, lawyers, and ministers of religion were..taken.
1862 H. Beveridge III. ix. vi. 677 The Moulvie of Lucknow.
1864 J. A. Grant xi. 239 The Seedees, though knowing nothing of the Mohammedan religion..offered more opinions than a ‘moulvie’, or Mussulman priest, would.
1891 4 Sept. 5/5 Mohammedan moulvis.
1904 G. Smith 106 The Maulvies or Mohammedan doctors of Tunis.
1953 ‘P. Lanham’ & A. S. Mopeli-Paulus iii. ii. 162 Whenever a ship tarries here with amaSuleiman men aboard, the Moulvie comes to talk and pray with them.
1976 30 June 13 Prayers were said by a number of Moulvis from various districts and there was reading from the Holy Quran.
1981 10 Apr. 11/2 The Department of Religious Affairs has to organize the Hajji's transport to Mecca and Medina and put him in a group which is supervised by a registered Saudi maulvi.
2006 I. Dharker 33 It wasn't anything the maulvi said. No one lectured me or told me what to do.