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Sheri
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English
Etymology 1
Proper noun
en female Sherry.
Etymology 2
en ota شرع şerʿ, şeriʿ, from en ar شَرْع Q482752.
Alternative forms
en Sheri'
Proper noun
1
en Q482752 en Shar Q482752
en 1876 T. Ashcroft The Turko-Servian War 16 https://books.google.com/books?id=RafE7FVRzDwC&pg=PA16 The Sheri being based upon the Koran is held to be divine and immutable.
en 1880 Edward Sell The Faith of Islam 87 https://books.google.com/books?id=9XsOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA87 The law of the Sheri does not authorize the Khalíf to place beside him a power superior to his own.
en 1888 The Ottoman Penal Code 78–79 https://books.google.com/books?id=B5MYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA78 Whosever shall by misadventure be guilty of homicide, or shall have unintentionally occasioned the same, shall be sentenced by the judgment of the Court to make such compensation of a civil nature, as is due to the representatives of the deceased according to the law of the Sheri.
Anagrams
en ehirs -shire Hersi Hires Hiser Shier Shire heirs hi-res hires reish shier shire
en female given names from English