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Definition: CADILESKER

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A chief judge in the Turkish empire, so named originally because his jurisdiction extended to the cases of soldiers, who are now tried only by their own officers.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Cadilesker" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)


Extended Definition: CADILESKER

Cadilesker

A cadilesker, cadilescher, kadi-ul leşker or kadi-ul asker was a chief judge in the Turkish Empire, so named originally because his jurisdiction extended to the cases of soldiers, who were later tried only by their own officers.

See also

  • Qadi

References

  1. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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