Minaret
['mɪnəret;,mɪnə'ret] or [,mɪnə'rɛt]
Definition
(n.) A slender, lofty tower attached to a mosque and surrounded by one or more projecting balconies, from which the summon to prayer is cried by the muezzin.
Typist: Marvin
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Turret (of a Mahometan mosque).
Editor: Rodney
Definition
n. a turret on a Mohammedan mosque from which the people are summoned to prayers.
Checker: Williams
Examples
- I will plant your standard; and when you see it wave from yon highest minaret, you may gain courage, and rally round it! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Still the same lofty domes and minarets towered above the verdurous walls, where Constantine had died, and the Turk had entered the city. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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