One that [possesses] [abundant], often [frenzied] energy

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/topic/138833/dervishRSS for NodeMon, 15 Jun 2026 16:54:08 GMTSun, 24 May 2020 16:04:39 GMT60A member of a Muslim (specifically Sufi) religious order who has taken vows of poverty and austerity. Dervishes first appeared in the 12th century; they were noted for their wild or ecstatic rituals and were known as dancing, whirling, or howling dervishes according to the practice of their order.

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