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minaret

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min·a·ret  (mn-rt)
n.
A tall slender tower attached to a mosque, having one or more projecting balconies from which a muezzin summons the people to prayer.
[French, from Turkish minrat, from Arabic manra, lamp; see nwr in Semitic roots.]
minaret
Noun
a slender tower of a mosque with one or more balconies [Arabic manārat lamp]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.minaretminaret - slender tower with balconies
mosque - (Islam) a Muslim place of worship that usually has a minaret
tower - a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building
Translations
Spanish minaret [mɪnəˈrɛt] n → alminar m; minarete m
French minaret [mɪnəˈrɛt] n → minaret m
German minaret [mɪnəˈrɛt] n → Minarett nt
Italian minaret [mɪnəˈrɛt] n → minareto
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Once we thought we discerned a gilded minaret gleaming in the sun amidst the waving tops of far-distant trees, but we soon abandoned the idea in the belief that it was but an hallucination born of our great desire to discover the haunts of civilized men in this beautiful, yet forbidding, spot.
The Gods of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
The skyline was broken by spire and dome and minaret and tall, slender towers, while the walls supported many a balcony and in the soft light of Cluros, the farther moon, now low in the west, he saw, to his surprise and consternation, the figures of people upon the balconies.
The Chessmen of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
With wonder and admiration, Alleyne, leaning over the bulwarks, gazed at the forest of masts, the swarm of boats darting hither and thither on the bosom of the broad curving stream, and the gray crescent-shaped city which stretched with many a tower and minaret along the western shore.
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