khatib
(kæˈtiːb)
Also khateb.
[ad. Arab. ḵaṭīb.]
A Muslim preacher; one who recites the khutbah.
| 1625 Purchas Pilgrimes II. ix. xix. 1661 These Atollons are subdiuided into many Ilands, in each of which..is a Doctor called Catibe, superior in the Religion of that Ile, who hath vnder him the particular Priests of the Moschees. 1821 J. Leyden tr. Malay Annals v. 50 The letter was read by the khateb. 1839 T. J. Newbold Pol. & Statistical Acct. Straits of Malacca I. v. 249 The Khatib..recites the khatbeh, an oration or sermon, in praise of God..on Friday, in the mosque. 1875 T. P. Hughes Notes Muhammadanism 131 The Khatib or preacher then seats himself on the Mimbar (pulpit). 1971 R. Lewis Everyday Life in Ottoman Turkey 43 The khatib, who delivered the Friday sermon and led the invocation of God's protection on the Sultan and his family. |