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muezzin

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mu·ez·zin  (my-zn, m-)
n. Islam
The crier who calls the faithful to prayer five times a day.
[Ottoman Turkish müezzin or Persian muazzin, from Arabic mu'ain, active participle of 'aana, to call to prayer; see azan.]
muezzin [moo-ezz-in]
Noun
Islam the official of a mosque who calls the faithful to prayer from the minaret [Arabic mu'adhdhin]
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Noun1.muezzinmuezzin - the Muslim official of a mosque who summons the faithful to prayer from a minaret five times a day
muadhdhin, muazzin
announcer - someone who proclaims a message publicly
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There --still high elevated above the rest of the company, to whom he vivaciously cries --he seems some Turkish Muezzin calling the good people to prayers from the top of a tower.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
muezzins, brahmins, medicine-men, confessors, eminences, elders,
The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
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