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(n.) The granting or dedication of property in trust for a pious purpose, that is, to some object that tends to the good of mankind, as to support a mosque or caravansary, to provide for support of one's family, kin, or neighbors, to benefit some particular person or persons and afterward the poor, etc.; also, the trust so created, or the property in trust.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Wakf'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​w/wakf.html. 1828.
 
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