mullah

English Thesaurus

1. a Muslim trained in the doctrine and law of Islam; the head of a mosque (noun.person)

hypernym	:	moslem, muslim,
definition	:	a believer in or follower of Islam (noun.person)

member meronym	:	ulama, ulema,
definition	:	the body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community (noun.group)