Preceptor - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: preceptorPreceptor
One who gives commands or makes rules specifically the master or principal of a school a teacher an instructor...
Preceptorial
Of or pertaining to a preceptor...
Scholar
One who attends a school one who learns of a teacher one under the tuition of a preceptor a pupil a disciple a learner a student...
Sajjadanashin (M.T.)
Sajjadanashin (M.T.) means these dervishes pro-fessed esoteric doctrines and distinct system of initiation. They were either Suffis or the disciples of Miyan Roushan Bayezid, who flourished about the time of Akbar and who had founded an indepen-dent esoteric brotherhood in which the chief occupied a peculiarly distinctive position. They called themselves fakirs on the hypothesis that they had abjured the world, and were humble servitors of God: by their followers they were honoured with the title of 'Shah' or King. The preceptor is called the 'Pir', the disciple the 'Murid'. On the death of the 'Pir' his successor assumes the privilege of initiating the disciple into the mysteries of dervishism of Sufism. This privilege of initiation making Murids, of imparting to them spiritual knowledge is one of the functions which the sajjadanashin performs or is supposed to perform. He is the curator of the durgah where his ancestor is buried, and in him is supposed to continue the spiritual line,...
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