(n.) The head of an Arab family, or of a clan or a tribe; also, the chief magistrate of an Arab village. The name is also applied to Mohammedan ecclesiastics of a high grade.
Example Sentences:
(1) Gowher Rizvi, chief representative of the prime minister, Sheik Hasina, told the Guardian that preparations for the forthcoming elections, were "completely on track" and that the tribunal, probing crimes committed during the 1971 war in which Bangladesh broke away from Pakistan, was about bringing justice previously denied by "the twists and turns" of the country's history.
(2) The Egyptian officials told the Associated Press that three helicopters targeted militants in the desert town of Sheik Zuweyid late on Saturday.
(3) Its sheiks and warlords, the fawned-upon princes who once did as they wished – buying up most of Streatham in the morning, beheading someone for sorcery in the afternoon – well, they’re dust and shadow now.
(4) The Kuwaiti ambassador, Sheik Faisal al-Sabah, said the group included 16 Kuwaitis.
(5) A few days later, the much-loved Dr Sheik Umar Khan, Sierra Leone's only haemorrhagic fever specialist, would also test positive with the disease.
(6) Amir of Kuwait, Sheik Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah (L) meets with U.S. President Barack Obama in the Oval Office September 13, 2013 in Washigton, DC.
(7) Jordanian law has been applied to the camp, and marriages of under-18s being conducted by imams or sheiks are not recognised by the courts.
(8) Sierra Leone lost its leading Ebola doctor, Sheik Umar Khan , last month, along with numerous health workers.
(9) The 13-storey blocks of One Hyde Park were designed by the architect Richard Rogers for the developer Project Grande, a joint venture partnership between Christian Candy's CPC Group and Waterknights, the private company of the former prime minister of Qatar, Sheik Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al-Thani.
(10) Some Muslim sheiks treat mental cases with prayers, but herbal remedies are also used.
(11) He was joined by Pakistan's interior minister, Rehman Malik, and the foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates, Sheik Abdullah bin Zayed.
(12) This past June, a ten-year prison sentence was upheld in federal court for Lynne Stewart, a 73-year-old attorney who was convicted in 2005 of "providing aid to terrorism" for sharing statements from her client, Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, with the media.
(13) A resident of Sheik Zuweyid told the AP that he saw the helicopter attack start on Saturday night.
(14) Airstrikes have been particularly intense around Hama in the west, the southern town of Deraa and Sheik Miskeen and in the north.
(15) Monis, a notorious self-styled sheik, forced some hostages to call media or post videos to social media on his behalf, while others managed to contact friends and relatives.
(16) Iraq’s most senior Sunni mufti, Sheik Mahdi al-Sumaidaie, said the crime against Kasasbeh was unprecedented, adding that “the prophet Muhammad said that only God can punish with fire”.
(17) What is more, hummus has not supplanted peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, hookahs have yet to be installed in congressional chambers, male elected officials continue shaving their facial hair, Egyptian soap operas and al-Jazeera have yet to replace Fox News and CNN, and the Iron Sheik , sadly, is still not the White House spokesman.
(18) Dr Sheik Humarr Khan, Sierra Leone’s top Ebola doctor, was being considered for evacuation to a European country when he died of the disease in late July.
(19) A member of al-Shabaab who gave his name as Sheik Abu Mohammed told the Associated Press that Hammami was killed in an ambush in Somalia's southern Bay region.
(20) Marriages of under-18s being conducted by imams or sheiks in the camp are no longer recognised by Jordanian courts.