‖ cadilesker
(kɑːdɪˈlɛskə(r))
Also cadilisker, -escher, -esher, cadelesher, kadilesker.
[f. prec. + Turk. leskar, ad. Pers. lashkar army: his jurisdiction originally extended to soldiers.]
A chief judge in the Turkish empire.
| 1686 Lond. Gaz. No. 2196/1 Hussain Effendi Cadilisker of Romelia is made Great Mufti. 1688 Ibid. No. 2328/1 The Kadileskers, or chief Judges. 1703 Ibid. No. 3911/1 The Grand Signior had declared the Mufti's Son Cadilescher, or Judge Advocate. 1721–90 Bailey, Cadelesher, Cadilesher, a chief Magistrate in Turkey, of which there are but two. [In mod. Dicts.] |