bileuë (English: “Mosque caller (muezzin)”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Mosque officer who calls the faithful to prayer with a loud voice; part of the meuseugit personnel.
Translation
Mosque caller (muezzin)
Description
Mosque officer who calls the faithful to prayer with a loud voice; part of the meuseugit personnel. No role in civil governance.
Significance
The term bileuë is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.
See Also
Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 350.