a. and sb. Obs. Also 6 Sophian, 7 Suffean. [f. SUFI1 + -AN.] A. adj. Belonging to the Sufis. B. sb. A Sufi.
1585. T. Washington, trans. Nicholay’s Voy., III. xx. 108. For that in the Arabian tongue wool is called Sophy, those which are of this sect are called Sophians…. The Sophians whiche are the Persians, weare redde ones [sc. turbans].
1698. Fryer, Acc. E. India & P., 268. One of the Suffean Creed is Constituted Governor.
