moll2 (mol)

[L. moll is, neut. molle, soft.] In music, minor: as, C moll, or C minor. molla, mollah (mol'ä), n. [Also moolah, mool lah, mulla, mullah; molla med an title of honor or compliment given to various religious dignitaries, as heads of orders, and others exercising functions relating to the sacred law, as well as to students of that law. It is not conferred by formal authority, but is an expre ion of public respect, like master. 2. A superior judge of the Moslem sacred law. The nomination [of the mufti of Constantinople] must fall on one of the mollahs, who form the upper stratum of the hierarchy of ulema. Encyc. Brit., XXII. 661. mollet, n. A Middle English form of mull1. mollemoke, n. Same as mallemuck.