Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An elevated platform near the mihrab in a mosque, from which the sermon is delivered during services.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
mimbar .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
pulpit in amosque , usually shaped like a smalltower , where theimam stands to deliversermons .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Finally he decided to conform, but when he climbed the steps of his "minbar" and scanned his congregation he saw a group of German officers wearing tarboushes with a look of almost porcine complacency.
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A mihrab, minbar, and four minarets were constructed over time.
The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010
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A mihrab, minbar, and four minarets were constructed over time.
The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010
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A mihrab, minbar, and four minarets were constructed over time.
The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010
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The minbar of Ganim Al-Bahlawan was among the most important in any of Cairo's monumental mosques.
There is NOTHING Sacred Anymore... Jan 2008
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At Ganim Al-Bahlawan robbers removed the decorative elements of the minbar, leaving a plain wooden frame.
Archive 2008-06-01 Jan 2008
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It has a mihrab (a semicircular prayer niche in one wall), a minbar (a small elevated pulpit for the imam), and the rest is pure unencumbered space, innocent even of pews.
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The theft of the minbar 's right hand panel was discovered at the time of dawn prayer.
Archive 2008-06-01 Jan 2008
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The fire destroyed a priceless on thousand year old wood and ivory pulpit minbar that had been sent from Aleppo by Saladin.
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The theft of the minbar 's right hand panel was discovered at the time of dawn prayer.
There is NOTHING Sacred Anymore... Jan 2008
knitandpurl commented on the word minbar
"And what of the analogy between sex and tree, the palm whose fermented nectar, a mere drop on the tongue, transports us to the bed of Eros, ardor impatient to flee the Saharan heat by immersion in the sweat and wax of this henna-tinted, finely tattooed body—a minbar on a hip, the Ka'aba on a thigh, winglets on her shaved pubis—bodies swelling together until the eye of the needle is opened and threaded, freeing you, putting you beyond limits: musk, floral essence, mingling of honeys?"
Talismano by Abdelwahab Meddeb, translated by Jane Kuntz, p 15 of the Dalkey Archive Press paperback
September 16, 2011
yarb commented on the word minbar
Speaking of sex and trees, I recently ordered a copy of this novel. Has anyone read it?
September 16, 2011
sionnach commented on the word minbar
Why yes, actually. Here is a link to my review on goodreads:
A Melon for Ecstasy
September 16, 2011
yarb commented on the word minbar
Ha ha! I might have known!
Actually, it's possible your GR review was how it got on my wishlist in the first place - I can't remember how I heard of it.
September 16, 2011