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noun

Mollah n.

One of the higher order of Turkish; also, a Turkish title of respect for a religious and learned man. (Written also mullah and moolah)

A title of respect used in Islamic countries for one who is learned in Islamic law; a teacher or expounder of Islamic law.

Moollah, Moolah n. See Mollah.

moolah, moola n. Money. (slang)

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"Moolah" Quotes from Famous Books

... Law, he burns the Book, he sends the Moolah back to school; Laughs at the beards of Saintly men; and dubs the Prophet dolt ...

— The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi • Richard F. Burton

... united together in prayer to God, led by Dr. Bacon. Some Moolahs seeing this, interceded for their lives, and though they could not hinder their being plundered, they succeeded in sending them safely to another Moolah, three hours distant, who was revered for his sanctity; and it was through his resolute protection, under God, that they effected a safe return to Mosul. Mr. Rassam gave information of the outrage to the English Ambassador, ...

— History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. • Rufus Anderson

... yet, but that when I grew older, he would teach me the use of the native weapons, and allow me to accompany him to war. He then led me to another house, somewhat smaller than his own, in which the principal inmate was an old woman. Though Moola—that was her name—was very old and dry and withered, from the expression of her countenance and the way in which he treated her, I was led to suppose that she was Motakee's mother. Such, indeed, was the case. ...

— Charley Laurel - A Story of Adventure by Sea and Land • W. H. G. Kingston