English

Noun

Sofees (historical)

1. Archaic form of Sufi.
   • 1737, Greaves, John, “A description of the Grand Seignor's seraglio, or Turkish emperor's court”, in Miscellaneous works of Mr. John Greaves, professor of astronomy in the University of Oxford, volume 2, London: Thomas Birch, OCLC 558039725, pages 785–786:

     Those Turks which ſeem to be profeſſors of religion and devotion, and would be accounted * Sofees, do commonly read, as they walk along the ſtreets, and have their Beads longer then other men, carrying them in their hands into the Moſcheas, and are ever buſy with them as they walk up and down the ſtreets, […]

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2. Archaic form of Sophy (title of a Safavid dynasty shah):
   • 1893, “Ismail I”, in Cassell's new biographical dictionary: containing memoirs of the most eminent men and women of all ages and countries, New York: Cassell, OCLC 645408380, page 470:

     Shah of Persia, founder of the dynasty of Sofees.

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