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Glossary Term

Risk: High
Approved rendering
Quduusiinta
Transliteration
koo-doo-SEEN-tah
Rejected alternatives
awliyada / wadaaddada (Sufi saints/sheekhs venerated at tombs during siyaaro pilgrimage)

Saints

Quduusiinta = all believers corporately, set apart in Christ. Awliyada and wadaaddada carry strong associations in Somali Sufi tradition with venerated holy men whose graves receive siyaaro (pilgrimage visits) seeking barako; this is a specially graced elite category, not the ordinary corporate sainthood of Romans 1:7.