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Webster 1913 Edition

Rayah

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Ra′yah

(rā′yȧ or rä′yȧ)

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Noun.

[Ar.

ra’iyah

a herd, a subject, fr.

ra'a

to pasture, guard.]

A person not a Mohammedan, who pays the capitation tax.

[Turkey.]