cadi

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ca=di

CIDE DICTIONARY

cadi, n. [Turk. See Alcalde.].

 An inferior magistrate or judge among the Mohammedans, usually the judge of a town or village.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

cadi, n. (also kadi) (pl. -is) a judge in a Muslim country.

Etymology

Arab. kadi f. kada to judge

ROGET THESAURUS

cadi

Judge

N judge, justice, justiciar, justiciary, chancellor, justice of assize, judge of assize, recorder, common sergeant, puisne judge, assistant judge, county court judge, conservator of the peace, justice of the peace, J, P, court, magistrate, police magistrate, beak, his worship, his honor, his lordship, jury, twelve men in a box, Lord Chancellor, Lord Justice, Master of the Rolls, Vice Chancellor, Lord Chief Justice, Chief Baron, Mr, Justice, Associate Justice, Chief Justice, Baron, Baron of the Exchequer, jurat, assessor, arbiter, arbitrator, umpire, referee, referendary, revising barrister, domesman, censor, barmaster, ephor, grand juror, grand juryman, juryman, talesman, archon, tribune, praetor, syndic, podesta, mollah, ulema, mufti, cadi, kadi, Rhadamanthus, litigant, judicial, a Daniel come to judgment.