Marabout definitions

Marabout

1) Leptoptilus crumeniferus 2) Marabou 3) Marabou stork 4) Stork
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Marabout

1) Marabou 2) Shrine
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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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marabout

thin downy silk
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Marabout

• (n.) A Mohammedan saint; especially, one who claims to work cures supernaturally.
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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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Marabout

Marabout' noun [ French, from Portuguese marabuto , Arabic morābit . Confer Maravedi .] A Mohammedan saint; especially, one who claims to work cures supernaturally.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/22

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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 Marabouts is also used as equivalent to Almoravides...
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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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marabout

In North Africa a holy man and teacher venerated locally and believed to be touched by divine grace, or baraka ( q.v .), which sometimes conferred the right to rule as well. Frequently called upon to arbitrate tribal disputes, the marabout was not usually a member of the ulama ( q.v .). Transliteration of al murabutun (those who have made a relig...
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