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minaret |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Minaret \Min"a*ret\, n. [Sp. minarete, Ar man[=a]rat lamp, lantern, lighthouse, turret, fr n[=a]r 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: minaret n : a slender tower with balconies
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