minaret
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- noun
- /ˌmɪnəˈrɛt/
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minarete
- Residents care well for the gardens and landscaping around this fabulous building of curves, domes, and minarets.
- minaret of the mosque
- domes and minarets
- minarets and towers
We wandered away from the square and found the city's oldest and tallest minaret, we think.
- We wandered away from the square and found the city's oldest and tallest minaret, we think.
Examples
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The mosque is hidden behind shops, and its dome and minaret cower beneath the roofline of neighboring older houses.
Academic text (2003) -
A huge Islamic crescent is being pulled down from the minaret of a mosque.
Fiction book (1992) -
This is a minaret built in almost the same kind of a pattern and technology also.
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Had you ever seen The Dove and the Minaret before?
Fiction book (2000) -
Meet me in the courtyard beside the fountain when the moon is above the minaret.
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We wandered away from the square and found the city's oldest and tallest minaret, we think.
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Its mosaics were covered with plaster, and four minarets were erected outside.
Academic text (2001) -
The 800-year-old Mudhafaria Minaret is covered in political graffiti from the campaigns preceding the December elections.
Academic text (2006) -
The crackle of static then, and I'm awake as the call to prayer explodes from the minaret loudspeaker.
Fiction book (1997) -
The muezzin stood at the top of the minaret to call the faithful to prayer.
Synonyms
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A tall, narrow thing that looks like a building
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Minaret comes from the Arabic word manāra, which means 'lighthouse' or 'beacon'. Think of a minaret as a tall beacon on a mosque: it is high so the call to prayer can be seen and heard across the city, which is why the word now means the tall tower beside a mosque.