1) Adjunct to a mosque 2) Anagram of RAIMENT 3) Azerbaijani rock music group 4) French word used in English 5) Islamic tower 6) Istanbul sight 7) It has an onion-shaped crown 8) Moslem tower 9) Mosque adjunct 10) Mosque feature 11) Mosque tower 12) Mosque turret 13) Post for muezzins 14) Prayer call source
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1) Spire 2) Tower
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A minaret (menare, minare, from Arabic, manāra (منارة), meaning `lighthouse`, Munnaaru in Dhivehi) is a distinctive architectural feature of mosques, generally a tall spire with an onion-shaped or conical crown, usually either free standing or taller than associated support structure. The basic form of a minaret includes a base, shaft, and.....
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• (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.
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(from the article `Literary Voices for Islam in the West`) ...[`forbidden`].) The Islamic message in the novel and in Aboulela`s collection of short stories, Coloured Lights (2001), was subtle, however, ...
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(Arabic: `beacon`), in Islmic religious architecture, the tower from which the faithful are called to prayer five times each day by a muezzin, or ... [5 related articles]
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Slender turret or tower attached to a Muslim
mosque or to buildings designed in that style. It has one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer five times a day. See also...
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Min'a·ret noun [ Spanish
minarete , Arabic
manārat lamp, lantern, lighthouse, turret, from
nār to shine.]
(Architecture) 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 ...
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In architecture a minaret is 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.
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In Islamic architecture, this is a tall tower that is attached to or built next to a mosque. At the top of every minaret is a balcony from which the muezzin (a Muslim crier) calls the faithful to prayer five times a day. The Arabic form of the word is manarah, meaning 'place of light'. Most minarets in Anatolia are cylindrical in nature and have sp...
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[
n] - slender tower with balconies
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noun slender tower with balconies
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Slender turret or tower attached to a Muslim mosque or to buildings designed in that style. It has one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer five times a day. See also Islamic architecture
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