Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An inn or hostel for pilgrims in Turkey.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A kind of hospice or hostelry for the free accommodation of Mohammedan pilgrims and other travelers in the Turkish empire.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A lodging house for Mohammedan pilgrims.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An Ottoman soup kitchen built between the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries, often part of a larger complex or waqf.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a hostel for pilgrims in Turkey

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Turkish, from Arabic ‘imāra, building, from ‘amara, to build; see עmr in Semitic roots.]

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Examples

  • Kavala also has a beautiful "imaret" - a type of charity association built during the Ottoman period.

    Hurriyet Dailynews KAVALA 2010

  • Kavala also has a beautiful "imaret" - a type of charity association built during the Ottoman period.

    Hurriyet Dailynews KAVALA 2010

  • Kavala also has a beautiful "imaret" - a type of charity association built during the Ottoman period.

    Hurriyet Dailynews KAVALA 2010

  • The remarkable church of this monastery still exists as a mosque, and is known as Eski imaret Mahallasse.

    The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) John [Editor] Rudd 1885

  • Found on the peninsula containing Kavala's old city, "[T.e imaret] was used both for charitable acts and later also as a possible base for supporting troops passing through," said Michael Lychounas, Kavala's archeologist and head of the Institute Mohamed Ali for the Research of Eastern T.adition, or I.M.A.R.E.T. After being used for welfare - and education-educated activities, Kavala's imaret gradually fell into disrepair.

    Hurriyet Dailynews KAVALA 2010

  • More than that, Lychounas said, "It is a new conception of a hotel; the imaret has not renounced its cultural soul as it was saved from ruin."

    Hurriyet Dailynews KAVALA 2010

  • Found on the peninsula containing Kavala's old city, "[T.e imaret] was used both for charitable acts and later also as a possible base for supporting troops passing through," said Michael Lychounas, Kavala's archeologist and head of the Institute Mohamed Ali for the Research of Eastern T.adition, or I.M.A.R.E.T. After being used for welfare - and education-educated activities, Kavala's imaret gradually fell into disrepair.

    Hurriyet Dailynews KAVALA 2010

  • His wife, Anna Missran, is a Greek woman who played an important role in restoring the imaret, working hard to refurbish the imaret and turn the structure into a charming hotel with the support of the Egyptian government, which now owns the facility.

    Hurriyet Dailynews KAVALA 2010

  • His wife, Anna Missran, is a Greek woman who played an important role in restoring the imaret, working hard to refurbish the imaret and turn the structure into a charming hotel with the support of the Egyptian government, which now owns the facility.

    Hurriyet Dailynews KAVALA 2010

  • Found on the peninsula containing Kavala's old city, "[T.e imaret] was used both for charitable acts and later also as a possible base for supporting troops passing through," said Michael Lychounas, Kavala's archeologist and head of the Institute Mohamed Ali for the Research of Eastern T.adition, or I.M.A.R.E.T. After being used for welfare - and education-educated activities, Kavala's imaret gradually fell into disrepair.

    Hurriyet Dailynews KAVALA 2010

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  • A sultan could put up a minaret

    But virtuous actions are better yet.

    He'll garner more blessing

    By simply addressing

    The needs of the poor in an imaret.

    September 7, 2016