Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Mohammedan prayer and sermon or formal oration in Arabic delivered in the mosques on Fridays at the beginning of meridian prayer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An address or public prayer read from the steps of the pulpit in Mohammedan mosques, offering glory to God, praising Mohammed and his descendants, and the ruling princes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A talk or sermon delivered in
mosques before the Friday prayer, or at other special occasions.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Friday prayer ceremonies are the most widely attended and Friday prayer serves as a nexus between religion and politics for Muslims; preachers often use their opening sermon, called a khutbah in Arabic, to meld religion and politics to rally the faithful.
Rage Over Gaza in Friday Prayers - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Friday prayer ceremonies are the most widely attended and Friday prayer serves as a nexus between religion and politics for Muslims; preachers often use their opening sermon, called a khutbah in Arabic, to meld religion and politics to rally the faithful.
Rage Over Gaza in Friday Prayers - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Friday prayer ceremonies are the most widely attended and Friday prayer serves as a nexus between religion and politics for Muslims; preachers often use their opening sermon, called a khutbah in Arabic, to meld religion and politics to rally the faithful.
Rage Over Gaza in Friday Prayers - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Friday prayer ceremonies are the most widely attended and Friday prayer serves as a nexus between religion and politics for Muslims; preachers often use their opening sermon, called a khutbah in Arabic, to meld religion and politics to rally the faithful.
Rage Over Gaza in Friday Prayers - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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That way, I am not bored to sleep by (a likely wonderful) talk which I cannot understand, and I can focus on the "khutbah," during which I am supposed to pay my undivided attention.
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We asked friends in different capitals around the Arab world to go to a neighborhood mosque to hear the khutbah this week and to report back on what they heard concerning Gaza.
Rage Over Gaza in Friday Prayers - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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We asked friends in different capitals around the Arab world to go to a neighborhood mosque to hear the khutbah this week and to report back on what they heard concerning Gaza.
Rage Over Gaza in Friday Prayers - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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He then goes on to the khutbah and then the prayer itself.
Archive 2009-09-01 photographerno1 2009
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We asked friends in different capitals around the Arab world to go to a neighborhood mosque to hear the khutbah this week and to report back on what they heard concerning Gaza.
Rage Over Gaza in Friday Prayers - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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We asked friends in different capitals around the Arab world to go to a neighborhood mosque to hear the khutbah this week and to report back on what they heard concerning Gaza.
Rage Over Gaza in Friday Prayers - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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