dervishes in English

noun
1
a member of a Muslim (specifically Sufi) religious order who has taken vows of poverty and austerity. Dervishes first appeared in the 12th century; they were noted for their wild or ecstatic rituals and were known as dancing , whirling , or howling dervishes according to the practice of their order.
His bold, expressive pictures are unmatched in the Islamic world, showing scenes of nomadic life; dancing and music-making demons, and Sufi dervishes .

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1. Some of them were whirling round like dervishes.

2. In the end, stories move like whirling dervishes, drawing circles beyond circles.

3. Sufism is a spiritual practice associated with the whirling dervishes and the poet Rumi.

4. The Turks say... that, upon the smoke, dervishes draw ecstasy, soldiers courage, and others...

5. Even among bands of Sufi mystics, such as the dervishes, Celibacy was exceptional (see Sufism)

6. [ ] Beet (Dervishes) (The Beetiest) Smasher League Catchers Pick One [ ] Mike Piazza (Cells) (.270/.310/.497, 8 HRs -0.8 WAR) First Basemen Pick One [ ] Jimmie Foxx (Superstars) (.276/.364/.464, 9 HRs 1.2 WAR) Second Basemen Pick One [ ] Rogers Hornsby (Comancheros) (.360/.400/.556, 5 HRs 1.7 WAR) Third Basemen Pick One

7. Atatürk imposed a dizzying array of changes , including European laws , the Latin alphabet , the Gregorian calendar , personal last names , hats instead of fezzes , monogamy , Sunday as the day of rest , a ban on dervishes , the legal right to drink alcohol , and Turkish as a liturgical language .