dervish

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: der=vish

OXFORD DICTIONARY

dervish, n. a member of any of several Muslim fraternities vowed to poverty and austerity.

Idiom

whirling (or dancing or howling) dervish a dervish performing a wild dance, or howling, according to which sect he belongs to.

Etymology

Turk. dervis f. Pers. darvesh poor, a mendicant

THESAURUS

dervish

Albigensian, Black Muslim, Catharist, Franciscan, Mohammedan, Moslem, Motazilite, Muhammadan, Muslim, Mussulman, Sabbatarian, Sectary, Shia, Shiite, Sufi, Sunnite, Trappist, Wahabi, Waldensian, abdal, abstainer, anchorite, ascetic, bhikshu, fakir, flagellant, hajji, hermit, imam, mendicant, muezzin, mufti, mullah, murshid, puritan, qadi, sannyasi, santon, sheikh, yogi, yogin

ROGET THESAURUS

dervish

Clergy

N clergy, clericals, ministry, priesthood, presbytery, the cloth, the desk, clergyman, divine, ecclesiastic, churchman, priest, presbyter, hierophant, pastor, shepherd, minister, father, father in Christ, padre, abbe, cure, patriarch, reverend, black coat, confessor, dignitaries of the church, ecclesiarch, hierarch, ebdomarius, eminence, reverence, elder, primate, metropolitan, archbishop, bishop, prelate, diocesan, suffragan, dean, subdean, archdeacon, prebendary, canon, rural dean, rector, parson, vicar, perpetual curate, residentiary, beneficiary, incumbent, chaplain, curate, deacon, deaconess, preacher, reader, lecturer, capitular, missionary, propagandist, Jesuit, revivalist, field preacher, churchwarden, sidesman, clerk, precentor, choir, almoner, suisse, verger, beadle, sexton, sacristan, acolyth, acolothyst, acolyte, altar boy, chorister, Pope, Papa, pontiff, high priest, cardinal, ancient flamen, flamen, confessor, penitentiary, spiritual director, cenobite, conventual, abbot, prior, monk, friar, lay brother, beadsman, mendicant, pilgrim, palmer, canon regular, canon secular, Franciscan, Friars minor, Minorites, Observant, Capuchin, Dominican, Carmelite, Augustinian, Gilbertine, Austin Friars, Black Friars, White Friars, Gray Friars, Crossed Friars, Crutched Friars, Bonhomme, Carthusian, Benedictine, Cistercian, Trappist, Cluniac, Premonstatensian, Maturine, Templar, Hospitaler, Bernardine, Lorettine, pillarist, stylite, abbess, prioress, canoness, religieuse, nun, novice, postulant, prophet, priest, high priest, Levite, Rabbi, Rabbin, Rebbe, scribe, mullah, muezzin, ayatollah, ulema, imaum, imam, sheik, sufi, kahin, kassis, mufti, hadji, dervish, fakir, faquir, brahmin, guru, kaziaskier, poonghie, sanyasi, druid, bonze, santon, abdal, Lama, talapoin, caloyer, the Reverend, the very Reverend, the Right Reverend, ordained, in orders, called to the ministry.