mihrab

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To the right of the mihrab is the minbar_, the carved pulpit (usually of cedar-wood incrusted with mother-of-pearl and ebony) from which the Koran is read.

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  1. noun Islam A niche in the wall of a mosque or a room in the mosque that indicates the direction of Mecca.
  2. noun Islam A niche design in the middle of a Muslim prayer rug, pointed toward Mecca during worship.

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  • To the right of the mihrab is the minbar_, the carved pulpit (usually of cedar-wood incrusted with mother-of-pearl and ebony) from which the Koran is read. —  In Morocco
 

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  1. Arabic miḥrāb, probably from Old South Arabian mḥrb, part of a temple, from ḥrb, to fight, perform a certain ritual in a temple; see ḥrb in Semitic roots.

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  1. Arabic, praying-place.
 

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