druse
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Meaning
A cavity in a rock, having its interior surface studded with crystals and sometimes filled with water; a geode.
One of a people and religious sect dwelling chiefly in the Lebanon mountains of Syria.
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a Druze is permitted to conform outwardly to the faith of the unbelievers among whom he lives
After moving to the Beirut International Airport and setting up quarters there, Druse militia artillery began harassing the Marines.
It told of a journey he made in 1898, during the holidays following his first year at Cambridge, that took him north of to the remote and mountainous Druse country of the Hauran, an area where few Westerners had ever set foot.
Said Nafa was also convicted of aiding Druse Israelis to get to Syria, where he met with members of terrorist group.
Marriages performed in Israel must be carried out by religious authorities of an official religion (Judaism, Islam, Christianity, or Druse), unless both parties are without religion.