Rayah

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rayah \Ra"yah\ (r[=a]"y[.a] or r[aum]"y[.a]), n. [Ar. ra'iyah a
     herd, a subject, fr. ra'a to pasture, guard.]
     A person not a Mohammedan, who pays the capitation tax.
     [Turkey.]
     [1913 Webster]