Chapter IX · Whirling and Howling Dervishes--Who and What They Are

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

Muslim name for the one and only God

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

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From this reading The dervishes are to Islam what the bare-footed friars are to Christendom; they are men whose lives are devoted to holiness and idleness in unequal portions, and they subsist upon charity or from the endowment of their mosques.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading ONE of the stock-sights of Constantinople is the performances of the dervishes, which can be witnessed every Friday throughout the year.

plural of “beast” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

call upon in supplication; entreat

From this reading But there are many dervishes not as well off, who are obliged to work or beg in order to make an honest living, and they greatly resemble Christian monks, in preferring beggary to labor.

plural of “beggar” — a pauper who lives by begging

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)

From this reading But there are many dervishes not as well off, who are obliged to work or beg in order to make an honest living, and they greatly resemble Christian monks, in preferring beggary to labor.

on the far side of; further than

From this reading Most of the orders of dervishes in Constantinople, Damascus, and Cairo, have comfortable homes and very little to do; the members say their prayers daily, and devote an hour to their peculiar worship on Friday, and beyond this they do very little.

in bodily form

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

plural of “boot” — footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

cover from sight

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But there are many dervishes not as well off, who are obliged to work or beg in order to make an honest living, and they greatly resemble Christian monks, in preferring beggary to labor.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

a town at the southern tip of Illinois at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers

From this reading Most of the orders of dervishes in Constantinople, Damascus, and Cairo, have comfortable homes and very little to do; the members say their prayers daily, and devote an hour to their peculiar worship on Friday, and beyond this they do very little.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading ONE of the stock-sights of Constantinople is the performances of the dervishes, which can be witnessed every Friday throughout the year.

recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

a foundation created to promote the public good (not for assistance to any particular individuals)

From this reading The dervishes are to Islam what the bare-footed friars are to Christendom; they are men whose lives are devoted to holiness and idleness in unequal portions, and they subsist upon charity or from the endowment of their mosques.

plural of “child” — a young person of either sex

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

any utterance produced simultaneously by a group

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

the collective body of Christians throughout the world and history (found predominantly in Europe and the Americas and Australia)

From this reading The dervishes are to Islam what the bare-footed friars are to Christendom; they are men whose lives are devoted to holiness and idleness in unequal portions, and they subsist upon charity or from the endowment of their mosques.

relating to or characteristic of Christianity

From this reading But there are many dervishes not as well off, who are obliged to work or beg in order to make an honest living, and they greatly resemble Christian monks, in preferring beggary to labor.

a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (“comfy” is informal)

From this reading Most of the orders of dervishes in Constantinople, Damascus, and Cairo, have comfortable homes and very little to do; the members say their prayers daily, and devote an hour to their peculiar worship on Friday, and beyond this they do very little.

the largest city and former capital of Turkey

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

plural of “corps” — an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

every day; without missing a day

From this reading Most of the orders of dervishes in Constantinople, Damascus, and Cairo, have comfortable homes and very little to do; the members say their prayers daily, and devote an hour to their peculiar worship on Friday, and beyond this they do very little.

an ancient city (widely regarded as the world's oldest) and present capital and largest city of Syria; according to the New Testament, the Apostle Paul (then known as Saul) underwent a dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus

From this reading Most of the orders of dervishes in Constantinople, Damascus, and Cairo, have comfortable homes and very little to do; the members say their prayers daily, and devote an hour to their peculiar worship on Friday, and beyond this they do very little.

no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

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From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause

From this reading Most of the orders of dervishes in Constantinople, Damascus, and Cairo, have comfortable homes and very little to do; the members say their prayers daily, and devote an hour to their peculiar worship on Friday, and beyond this they do very little.

zealous in devotion or affection

From this reading The dervishes are to Islam what the bare-footed friars are to Christendom; they are men whose lives are devoted to holiness and idleness in unequal portions, and they subsist upon charity or from the endowment of their mosques.

deeply religious

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

coming down freely under the influence of gravity

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

natural abilities or qualities

From this reading The dervishes are to Islam what the bare-footed friars are to Christendom; they are men whose lives are devoted to holiness and idleness in unequal portions, and they subsist upon charity or from the endowment of their mosques.

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading ONE of the stock-sights of Constantinople is the performances of the dervishes, which can be witnessed every Friday throughout the year.

the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

plural of “friar” — a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms

From this reading The dervishes are to Islam what the bare-footed friars are to Christendom; they are men whose lives are devoted to holiness and idleness in unequal portions, and they subsist upon charity or from the endowment of their mosques.

the sixth day of the week; the fifth working day

From this reading ONE of the stock-sights of Constantinople is the performances of the dervishes, which can be witnessed every Friday throughout the year.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading The dervishes are to Islam what the bare-footed friars are to Christendom; they are men whose lives are devoted to holiness and idleness in unequal portions, and they subsist upon charity or from the endowment of their mosques.

containing as much or as many as is possible or normal

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

to an extraordinary extent or degree

From this reading But there are many dervishes not as well off, who are obliged to work or beg in order to make an honest living, and they greatly resemble Christian monks, in preferring beggary to labor.

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From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Most of the orders of dervishes in Constantinople, Damascus, and Cairo, have comfortable homes and very little to do; the members say their prayers daily, and devote an hour to their peculiar worship on Friday, and beyond this they do very little.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

the quality of being holy

From this reading The dervishes are to Islam what the bare-footed friars are to Christendom; they are men whose lives are devoted to holiness and idleness in unequal portions, and they subsist upon charity or from the endowment of their mosques.

plural of “home” — where you live at a particular time

From this reading Most of the orders of dervishes in Constantinople, Damascus, and Cairo, have comfortable homes and very little to do; the members say their prayers daily, and devote an hour to their peculiar worship on Friday, and beyond this they do very little.

not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent

From this reading But there are many dervishes not as well off, who are obliged to work or beg in order to make an honest living, and they greatly resemble Christian monks, in preferring beggary to labor.

provoking horror

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day

From this reading Most of the orders of dervishes in Constantinople, Damascus, and Cairo, have comfortable homes and very little to do; the members say their prayers daily, and devote an hour to their peculiar worship on Friday, and beyond this they do very little.

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

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From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

a long loud emotional utterance

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

characteristic of humanity

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

having no employment

From this reading The dervishes are to Islam what the bare-footed friars are to Christendom; they are men whose lives are devoted to holiness and idleness in unequal portions, and they subsist upon charity or from the endowment of their mosques.

a midwestern state in north-central United States

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

moving to the inside of something

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading ONE of the stock-sights of Constantinople is the performances of the dervishes, which can be witnessed every Friday throughout the year.

the civilization of Muslims collectively which is governed by the Muslim religion

From this reading The dervishes are to Islam what the bare-footed friars are to Christendom; they are men whose lives are devoted to holiness and idleness in unequal portions, and they subsist upon charity or from the endowment of their mosques.

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From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

From this reading But there are many dervishes not as well off, who are obliged to work or beg in order to make an honest living, and they greatly resemble Christian monks, in preferring beggary to labor.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Most of the orders of dervishes in Constantinople, Damascus, and Cairo, have comfortable homes and very little to do; the members say their prayers daily, and devote an hour to their peculiar worship on Friday, and beyond this they do very little.

be an inhabitant of or reside in

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

plural of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading The dervishes are to Islam what the bare-footed friars are to Christendom; they are men whose lives are devoted to holiness and idleness in unequal portions, and they subsist upon charity or from the endowment of their mosques.

the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

plural of “madman” — an insane person

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

engage in

From this reading But there are many dervishes not as well off, who are obliged to work or beg in order to make an honest living, and they greatly resemble Christian monks, in preferring beggary to labor.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading But there are many dervishes not as well off, who are obliged to work or beg in order to make an honest living, and they greatly resemble Christian monks, in preferring beggary to labor.

plural of “member” — one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)

From this reading Most of the orders of dervishes in Constantinople, Damascus, and Cairo, have comfortable homes and very little to do; the members say their prayers daily, and devote an hour to their peculiar worship on Friday, and beyond this they do very little.

the force of workers available

From this reading The dervishes are to Islam what the bare-footed friars are to Christendom; they are men whose lives are devoted to holiness and idleness in unequal portions, and they subsist upon charity or from the endowment of their mosques.

plural of “monk” — a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work

From this reading But there are many dervishes not as well off, who are obliged to work or beg in order to make an honest living, and they greatly resemble Christian monks, in preferring beggary to labor.

plural of “mosque” — (Islam) a Muslim place of worship that usually has a minaret

From this reading The dervishes are to Islam what the bare-footed friars are to Christendom; they are men whose lives are devoted to holiness and idleness in unequal portions, and they subsist upon charity or from the endowment of their mosques.

used to form the superlative

From this reading Most of the orders of dervishes in Constantinople, Damascus, and Cairo, have comfortable homes and very little to do; the members say their prayers daily, and devote an hour to their peculiar worship on Friday, and beyond this they do very little.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading But there are many dervishes not as well off, who are obliged to work or beg in order to make an honest living, and they greatly resemble Christian monks, in preferring beggary to labor.

under a moral obligation to do something

From this reading But there are many dervishes not as well off, who are obliged to work or beg in order to make an honest living, and they greatly resemble Christian monks, in preferring beggary to labor.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading But there are many dervishes not as well off, who are obliged to work or beg in order to make an honest living, and they greatly resemble Christian monks, in preferring beggary to labor.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading ONE of the stock-sights of Constantinople is the performances of the dervishes, which can be witnessed every Friday throughout the year.

an open or empty space in or between things

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading The dervishes are to Islam what the bare-footed friars are to Christendom; they are men whose lives are devoted to holiness and idleness in unequal portions, and they subsist upon charity or from the endowment of their mosques.

(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed

From this reading But there are many dervishes not as well off, who are obliged to work or beg in order to make an honest living, and they greatly resemble Christian monks, in preferring beggary to labor.

plural of “order” — (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed

From this reading Most of the orders of dervishes in Constantinople, Damascus, and Cairo, have comfortable homes and very little to do; the members say their prayers daily, and devote an hour to their peculiar worship on Friday, and beyond this they do very little.

any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

From this reading Most of the orders of dervishes in Constantinople, Damascus, and Cairo, have comfortable homes and very little to do; the members say their prayers daily, and devote an hour to their peculiar worship on Friday, and beyond this they do very little.

plural of “performance” — a dramatic or musical entertainment

From this reading ONE of the stock-sights of Constantinople is the performances of the dervishes, which can be witnessed every Friday throughout the year.

susceptible to being led or directed

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

plural of “portion” — something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading The dervishes are to Islam what the bare-footed friars are to Christendom; they are men whose lives are devoted to holiness and idleness in unequal portions, and they subsist upon charity or from the endowment of their mosques.

plural of “prayer” — the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)

From this reading Most of the orders of dervishes in Constantinople, Damascus, and Cairo, have comfortable homes and very little to do; the members say their prayers daily, and devote an hour to their peculiar worship on Friday, and beyond this they do very little.

inflected form of “prefer” — like better; value more highly

From this reading But there are many dervishes not as well off, who are obliged to work or beg in order to make an honest living, and they greatly resemble Christian monks, in preferring beggary to labor.

any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

the act of physically reaching or thrusting out

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

-ing form of “remove” — remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to

From this reading But there are many dervishes not as well off, who are obliged to work or beg in order to make an honest living, and they greatly resemble Christian monks, in preferring beggary to labor.

plural of “rite” — an established ceremony prescribed by a religion

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

the quality of being holy

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

express in words

From this reading Most of the orders of dervishes in Constantinople, Damascus, and Cairo, have comfortable homes and very little to do; the members say their prayers daily, and devote an hour to their peculiar worship on Friday, and beyond this they do very little.

a subdivision of a larger religious group

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

sharp piercing cry

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

plural of “spectator” — a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

agitating a liquid with an implement

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading ONE of the stock-sights of Constantinople is the performances of the dervishes, which can be witnessed every Friday throughout the year.

support oneself

From this reading The dervishes are to Islam what the bare-footed friars are to Christendom; they are men whose lives are devoted to holiness and idleness in unequal portions, and they subsist upon charity or from the endowment of their mosques.

showing ignorance of the laws of nature and faith in magic or chance

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

in or at that place or location

From this reading But there are many dervishes not as well off, who are obliged to work or beg in order to make an honest living, and they greatly resemble Christian monks, in preferring beggary to labor.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Most of the orders of dervishes in Constantinople, Damascus, and Cairo, have comfortable homes and very little to do; the members say their prayers daily, and devote an hour to their peculiar worship on Friday, and beyond this they do very little.

in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period

From this reading ONE of the stock-sights of Constantinople is the performances of the dervishes, which can be witnessed every Friday throughout the year.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading The dervishes are to Islam what the bare-footed friars are to Christendom; they are men whose lives are devoted to holiness and idleness in unequal portions, and they subsist upon charity or from the endowment of their mosques.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

plural of “torture” — extreme mental distress

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

-ing form of “tread” — put down or press the foot, place the foot

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

poorly balanced or matched in quantity or value or measure

From this reading The dervishes are to Islam what the bare-footed friars are to Christendom; they are men whose lives are devoted to holiness and idleness in unequal portions, and they subsist upon charity or from the endowment of their mosques.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

a formal word for “on”

From this reading The dervishes are to Islam what the bare-footed friars are to Christendom; they are men whose lives are devoted to holiness and idleness in unequal portions, and they subsist upon charity or from the endowment of their mosques.

precisely as stated

From this reading Most of the orders of dervishes in Constantinople, Damascus, and Cairo, have comfortable homes and very little to do; the members say their prayers daily, and devote an hour to their peculiar worship on Friday, and beyond this they do very little.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading But there are many dervishes not as well off, who are obliged to work or beg in order to make an honest living, and they greatly resemble Christian monks, in preferring beggary to labor.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

in or at the place that

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading ONE of the stock-sights of Constantinople is the performances of the dervishes, which can be witnessed every Friday throughout the year.

which person or people

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

belonging to which person

From this reading The dervishes are to Islam what the bare-footed friars are to Christendom; they are men whose lives are devoted to holiness and idleness in unequal portions, and they subsist upon charity or from the endowment of their mosques.

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

From this reading _The Dervishes of Constantinople, What are They?--How They Live and What They Do--Unclean and Devout Beggars--Where They Bury their Dead--Opening their Circus--Removing the “Doubter’s” Boots--An Amusing Situation--Clearing the Floor--Human Top-Spinning--Dropping into Jelly-bags--A Pliable Lot of Living Corpses--The Howling Dervishes--Where and How they Live--A House Full of Madmen--A Shrieking Chant--“La Hah il Allah”--Stirring up the Wild Beasts--Spectators Joining in the Chorus--Horrible Superstitious Rites--Treading on Sick Children--Reaching Paradise by Bodily Tortures--A Sad Disappointment--The Founder of the Sect and Who He Was--Pulling Teeth as a Proof of Sanctity._

past form of “witness” — be a witness to

From this reading ONE of the stock-sights of Constantinople is the performances of the dervishes, which can be witnessed every Friday throughout the year.

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading But there are many dervishes not as well off, who are obliged to work or beg in order to make an honest living, and they greatly resemble Christian monks, in preferring beggary to labor.

love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol

From this reading Most of the orders of dervishes in Constantinople, Damascus, and Cairo, have comfortable homes and very little to do; the members say their prayers daily, and devote an hour to their peculiar worship on Friday, and beyond this they do very little.

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading ONE of the stock-sights of Constantinople is the performances of the dervishes, which can be witnessed every Friday throughout the year.