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Cadilesker

Caˊdi-les′ker

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Noun.
[Ar.
qāḍī
judge +
al’sker
the army, Per.
leshker
.]
A chief judge in the Turkish empire, so named originally because his jurisdiction extended to the cases of soldiers, who are now tried only by their own officers.

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