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jinn

[ jin ]

noun

Islamic Mythology.
plural jinns, (especially collectively) jinn.
  1. any of a class of spirits, lower than the angels, capable of appearing in human and animal forms and influencing humankind for either good or evil.


jinn

/ ɪ /

noun

  1. often functioning as singular the plural of jinni
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of jinn1

1675–85; plural of Arabic ᾱԲī demon
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And there are the details of Dunia’s childhood: the birthday dress “full of frosting and flowers,” her father’s “princess and jinn” secret bedtime stories.

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She says the healer told her the depression was caused by a "jinn lover" who had possessed her.

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He had insisted his aim was to "help the jinn to come out of the mouth without hurting Kelly".

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The episode also features a priest battling an Islamic cleric over who gets to perform an exorcism on a person thought to be possessed by a jinn.

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At the time he thought Robert was a jinn, a supernatural spirit, he said.

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