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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
   A marabout (مَربوط [marbūṭ] or مُرابِط [murābiṭ], one who is attached/garrisoned) is a Muslim religious leader and teacher in West Africa, and (historically) in the Maghreb. The marabout is often a scholar of the Qur`an, or religious teacher. Others may be wandering holy men who survive on alms, Sufi Murshids ("Guides"), or l...
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7. 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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8. Marabout
   [Charleroi Metro] Marabout is a Charleroi Metro station located in Gilly, Belgium (part of the Charleroi municipality), opened on February 27th 2012 as part of the Soleilmont extension of the Gilly branch of the Charleroi Pre-metro. The station is entirely underground and features a central ...
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