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| 99% | 7 | Exact Match! | ||
noun • a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit | ||||
| 20% | 7 | Scholars | ||
noun • someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field | ||||
| 20% | 5 | Group of Moslem scholars | ||
noun • the body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community | ||||
Ostentatious Scholars
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