Sō'fī1, n.
n.; pl. SŌ'FĪS. [Per. sūfī or sōfī, probably from Gr. σοφός, wise. Cf. SOPHI.] One of a certain religious order in Persia; a dervish.
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n.; pl. SŌ'FĪS. [Per. sūfī or sōfī, probably from Gr. σοφός, wise. Cf. SOPHI.] One of a certain religious order in Persia; a dervish.
n. [Ar. & Per. sūfī, wise, pious, devout, a religious man of the order of the Sufi; hence the surname of the kings of Persia.] [Written also sofī.]