mollah

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: Mol=lah

CIDE DICTIONARY

mollah, n. [Ar. maulā, commonly mollāin Turkey.].

•  One of the higher order of Turkish; also, a Turkish title of respect for a religious and learned man.  [1913 Webster]
•  A title of respect used in Islamic countries for one who is learned in Islamic law; a teacher or expounder of Islamic law.  [PJC]

ROGET THESAURUS

mollah

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.