See also:

• SHEIKH, or SHAIKH

SHEIKH, or SHAIKH  , an Arabic See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of respect . Strictly it means a See also:

• VENERABLE (Lat. venerabilis, worthy of reverence, venerari, to reverence, to worship, allied to Venus, love; the Indo-Germ. root is wen-, to desire, whence Eng. " win, properly to struggle for, hence to gain)

venerable See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, of more than fifty years of See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age . It is specially See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne by heads of religious orders, chiefs of tribes and headmen of villages . Every See also:

• VILLAGE

village, how-ever small, every See also:

• SEPARATE

separate See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter of a See also:

• TOWN

town, has a See also:

• SHEIKH, or SHAIKH

sheikh in whom is lodged the executive See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government—a power loosely defined, and of more or less extent according to the See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character and means of the individual who wields it . A village sheikh is a sort of See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head See also:

• MAGISTRATE (Lat. magistratus, from magister, master, properly a public office, hence the person holding such an office)

magistrate and See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of See also:

• POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police . The See also:

• KORAN

Koran, the See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole See also:

• AUTHENTIC (from Gr. aOO 'rns, one who does a thing himself)

authentic authority in all matters, legal or See also:

• CIVIL

civil, never accurately distinguished between the sheikh and the See also:

• CADI (g¢di)

cadi (q.v.), and its phrases, besides, are vague and capable of admitting different and even opposite interpretations .