mutawa'een

1. 1.

   religious police in Saudi Arabia whose duty is to ensure strict adherence to established codes of conduct; offenders may be detained indefinitely; foreigners are not excluded

   SynonymsMutawa

   Broaderpolice

   Saudi Arabia

Questions about mutawa'een

What does mutawa'een mean?

mutawa'een means "religious police in Saudi Arabia whose duty is to ensure strict adherence to established codes of conduct; offenders may be detained indefinitely; foreigners are not excluded".

How many syllables are in mutawa'een?

mutawa'een has 4 syllables: mu-ta-wa'-een. The stress falls on "ta".

What is another word for mutawa'een?

Close synonyms include Mutawa. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mutawa'een a common word?

mutawa'een is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.