An inalienable endowment of land that specifies it be used for religious or charitable purposes(noun)
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Use "waqf" in a sentence
"But the contrary-minded, mercurial shah made several magnificent charitable religious donations, called waqf, to support shrines, from which the present exhibition benefits."
"Before the creation of Israel, as much as one-tenth of all territory in the Holy Land was managed as part of an Islamic endowment known as the waqf, bequeathed by Muslims for religious and charitable purposes."
"Iraq's Department of Antiquities and the Iraqi Shi'i "waqf", which controls religious heritage sites in the country, has stated that the historic tomb does not belong to Iraq's dwindling Jewish community."