dervissi — meaning in English

English meaning

• Dervish noun A member of a Sufi Muslim order known for ascetic living and, in some traditions, ritual spinning dances.

Senses

dervissi is used for these senses in English:

• Dervish A member of a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity of mendicant friars.
• dervish (Islam) An itinerant Sufi mystic practicing voluntary poverty in devotion to God, and often engaging in ecstatic rituals.