Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One learned in the law; a jurist.
- adjective Jurisprudential.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Versed in the law; understanding law.
- noun A person learned in the law; one versed in jurisprudence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Understanding law; skilled in jurisprudence.
- noun rare One skilled in law or jurisprudence.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One skilled in
law orjurisprudence .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This is not the tradition of the Iranian people, but it is standard operating procedure for Iran's supposedly supreme "jurisprudent," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
ModerateVoters.org 2009
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That call constitutes a direct repudiation of the doctrine of velayat-e faqih rule of the jurisprudent, which makes Iran's clerical elite the ultimate arbiters of politics and justice.
A Green Manifesto for Iran Ilan Berman 2011
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Montazeri's book about velayat-e faqih (the governance of the supreme jurisprudent), in which a high-anking cleric controls all aspects of life in the country, provided the core doctrinal basis for what has become the Iranian theocracy.
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After the revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini took the Shiite concept of the Rightly Guided Imam and created the idea of Vilayet-i-faqih, which means the rule of the jurisprudent.
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf: What President Obama Should Say About Iran 's Election 2009
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Mark Hildesly, a seventeenth-century English barrister, left behind a manuscript full of religious exhortations and overstuffed poetry celebrating the sober character “jurisprudent.”
Archive 2008-05-01 Mary L. Dudziak 2008
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Ayatollah Sistani can disagree with the concept of "velayat-e-faqi", rule of the jurisprudent as it is applied in Iran, but he has never suggested that politics be free from Islam, which is a reason why Iraqi politicians feel the need to receive his blessings for any major decision.
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Asking himself whether “exerting of books or babies are best becoming a jurisprudent,” he came down in favor of books.
Archive 2008-05-01 Mary L. Dudziak 2008
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The doodles made Hildesly more real than the “jurisprudent” poems soberly singing of babies forgone.
Archive 2008-05-01 Mary L. Dudziak 2008
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Because there is no papacy or episcopate in Islam, any Tom, Dick or Ali can pronounce himself a jurisprudent and give law to the world.
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Death to those who oppose the rule of the jurisprudent.
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