What does a Sheik do / what is their job?

Question

here is the deffinition i found on encarta, but it does not give me enough information to be able to use it in a sentence that shows that I understand what it is.

so can anyone explain to me what the purpose of a Sheik is/ what do they do in their comunity. what is their role?

here is the deffinition:

sheik [ sheek, shayk ] (plural sheiks) or sheikh [ sheek, shayk ] (plural sheikhs) or shaikh [ sheek, shayk ] (plural shaikhs [ shayk, shīk ])


noun

Definition:

1. Arab chief: the leader of an Arab family or village


2. Islamic religious leader: a senior official in an Islamic religious organization


3. physically appealing man: a handsome and physically appealing man ( dated informal )


[Late 16th century. < Arabic šayḵ "man of advanced years" < šāḵa "be aged"]


sheik·dom noun

Answer 1

a) An arab version of a don.
b) A man who gets all the chicks.

The sheik had 1000 children.

Answer 2

One of the things sheikhs do is give speaches on Fridays at the mosques, right before the Friday prayer.
They are basically people who have studied Islam and its scriptures.

It kind of like sermons at the Christian Sunday Sabbath and the Jewish Saturday Sabbath.

Peace.

Answer 3

Making brandy.

Answer 4

there's one Syd. Australia.. I think...& he never stops talking about christian girls