Word of the Day – Mufti

• Noun: Mufti
  
  1. a professional jurist who interprets Muslim law
  2. ordinary dress as distinguished from that denoting an occupation or station | a priest in mufti
     • especially : civilian clothes when worn by a person in the armed forces
• Synonyms:
  1.  civvies
  2. civies
  3. garb
  4. ensemble
  5. frock
  6. costume
  7. getup
  8. couture
  9. livery
• Usage:
  1.  “In 2001, a top Islamic legal authority, the former mufti of Jerusalem, claimed that ‘there isn’t even a single stone of the Old City of Jerusalem that is Jewish. There is no proof at all the the Jews were in Jerusalem.'”
• Encountered:
  1.  While reading Can We Talk About Israel? A Guide for the Curious, Confused, and Conflicted by Daniel Sokatch

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