sheika

sheika
/shay"kah/, n. (in Islamic countries)
1. the wife of a sheik.
2. a woman who heads a large family and is revered, esp. as a guardian of religious ways.
Also, sheikha /shayk"hah, shay"khah/.
[1850-55; < Ar shaykha]

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