Look up: Marabout

1. marabout
   a very lightweight,silk dress fabric or ribbon with crepe-like appearance woven in a plain weave of marabout yarn Category: Various industries and crafts
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2. Marabout
   Marabout' noun [ French, from Portuguese marabuto , Arabic morābit . Confer Maravedi .] A Mohammedan saint; especially, one who claims to work cures supernaturally.
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3. marabout
   marabou stork noun large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments
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4. Marabout
   • (n.) A Mohammedan saint; especially, one who claims to work cures supernaturally.
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5. marabout
   (`one who is garrisoned`), originally, in North Africa, member of a Muslim religious community living in a rib, a fortified monastery, serving both ... [4 related articles]
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6. Marabout
   The Marabouts, or Marabuts are, among the Berbers of Northern Africa, a sort of saints or sorcerers, who are held in high estimation, and who exercise in some villages a despotic authority. They distribute amulets, affect to work miracles, and are thought to exercise the gift of prophecy. The name M...
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7. Marabout
   A `marabout` ( مُرابِط--> murābiṭ, one who is attached/garrisoned) is a Muslim religious leader and teacher <ref name="Rain">--> in West Africa, and (historically) in the Maghreb. The marabout is often a scholar of the Qur`an, or religious teacher. O...
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