Definition of Minarit
Min"a*ret (?), n. [Sp. minarete,
Ar. manārat lamp, lantern, lighthouse, turret, fr.
nār to shine.] (Arch.) A slender, lofty
tower attached to a mosque and surrounded by one or more projecting
balconies, from which the summon to prayer is cried by the
muezzin.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- the tall slender tower of an Islamic mosque, from which the muezzin recites the adhan (call to prayer)
Bosnian
- minaret
Croatian
- minaret
Serbian
- minaret
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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