chatib (English: “Friday preacher”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Mosque officer who reads the Friday sermon; part of the meuseugit personnel.
Translation
Friday preacher
Description
Mosque officer who reads the Friday sermon; part of the meuseugit personnel. No role in civil governance.
Significance
The term chatib 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.