in matters of religion, a sect of Mahometans, who believe that man's sovereign good consists in the contemplation of God. They avoid all manner of vice, and appear always in good humour, despising the sensual paradise of Mahomet. The most able preachers, in the royal mosques, are of this sect.

ESCLATTÉ, in heraldry, signifies a thing forcibly broken, or rather a shield that has been broken and shattered with the stroke of a battle-ax.