1. a member of a Muslim group who try to become united with God through prayer and meditation and by living a very simple, strict lifeTopics
   Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Arabic ṣūfÄ«, perhaps from ṣūf ‘wool’ (referring to the woollen garment worn).

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