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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Abdal  \Ab"dal\,  n.  [Ar.  bad[=i]l,  pl  abd[=a]l,  a  substitute,  a 
  good,  religious  man,  saint,  fr  badala  to  change, 
  substitute.] 
  A  religious  devotee  or  dervish  in  Persia. 

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