minaret

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The seventh feature is a minaret, which is normally used for the call to prayer.

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  1. noun A tall slender tower attached to a mosque, having one or more projecting balconies from which a muezzin summons the people to prayer.

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  • From the minaret, the muezzin added his voice—baritone, cracked with age—to the chorus There were a number of people abroad, walking or riding donkeys, or driving carts loaded with produce. —  52316_ApeWhoGuardsTheBalance
  • The seventh feature is a minaret, which is normally used for the call to prayer. —  Paly Voice
  • Two views of the Tower of Voices minaret, showing an Islamic-shaped crescent at the top, with its arms reaching symmetrically up into the sky. —  Right Truth
  • According to one local human rights activist and historian, it may already be too late for the Kalon minaret, a 50-metre tower built in 1127 and perhaps the defining symbol of Bukhara. —  Institute for War & Peace Reporting:
  • When the minaret was built in 1195, about 950 sacks of musk - a perfume made from animal secretions - were mixed into the cement used on the tower.
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  1. French, from Turkish minārat, from Arabic manāra, lamp; see nwr in Semitic roots.

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  1. = French minaret = Portuguese minareto = Italian minareto, minaretto, from Spanish minarete, from Turkish mināre = Hindustani mīnāra, mīnār, a high slender tower, a minaret, from Arabic manāra, a lamp, lighthouse, minaret, from minār, candlestick, lamp, lighthouse: see minar.
 

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/ˈmɪnərɛt/
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