sharia

noun

sha·​ria shə-ˈrē-ə 

variants or less commonly shari'a or shariah or shari'ah, often Sharia

: Islamic law based on the Quran

Examples of sharia in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Under Iran’s sharia, or Islamic law, women are obliged to cover their hair and wear long, loose-fitting clothes. —Parisa Hafezi, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Apr. 2024

The country also operates a sharia system, Islam’s legal system, in parallel with its secular legal system. —Patrick Frater, Variety, 22 Aug. 2022

Nigeria is a secular nation but some states in the mostly Muslim north observe Islamic sharia and have courts that punish those accused of deviating from its practices. —Washington Post, 4 June 2022

Avoiding debt-heavy companies can make a sharia-compliant portfolio less risky, but that’s partly offset by ignoring many industries and concentrating assets in others, potentially resulting in under-diversification. —Dallas News, 5 Apr. 2020

Word History

Etymology

Arabic sharīʽa

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sharia

• acharya
• calcarea
• cercaria
• filaria
• fragaria
• setaria
• wistaria
• alternaria
• armillaria
• crotalaria
• urticaria
• radiolaria