Kiai (kyai, kiyahi) is a term of respect, used especially for charismatic religious teachers in Java and throughout Indonesia. The term is also used more generally for respected older men, and the dead were addressed as kiai (as attested by numerous gravestones). The title is also given to certain royal heirlooms considered sacred, such as Kyai Slamet, a white buffalo kept at the Surakarta court, and Kyai Sekati, the sacred gamelan of the Yogyakarta court. Most commonly, however, the term refers to religious teachers who lead a traditional Islamic school (
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Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Islam.
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