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minaret
noun
min·a·ret
ˌmi-nə-ˈret 
ˈmi-nə-ˌret
: a tall slender tower of a mosque having one or more balconies from which the summons to prayer is cried by the muezzin
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Pictures show the shrine enclosed in a golden cage adorned with intricate Arabic inscriptions beside an old stone mosque crowned by a minaret that overlooked the village.
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Sally Abou Aljoud, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
Sivas begins with apartment blocks and minarets lancing a peach sky shaded with haze.
—Kurt Johnson, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2024
Tall minarets of mosques marked the towns like spears stuck into the earth; occasionally the muezzin crackled to life to issue the adhān, the prayer-call to the faithful.
—J.r. Patterson, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Dec. 2023
In a 2009 referendum, Swiss citizens approved a ban on the construction of minarets on mosques.
—Jonathan Fox, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2015
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Sally Abou Aljoud, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
Sivas begins with apartment blocks and minarets lancing a peach sky shaded with haze.
—Kurt Johnson, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2024
Tall minarets of mosques marked the towns like spears stuck into the earth; occasionally the muezzin crackled to life to issue the adhān, the prayer-call to the faithful.
—J.r. Patterson, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Dec. 2023
In a 2009 referendum, Swiss citizens approved a ban on the construction of minarets on mosques.
—Jonathan Fox, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2015
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minaret
noun
min·a·ret
ˌmin-ə-ˈret
ˈmin-ə-ˌret
: a tall slender tower of a mosque with a balcony from which the people are called to prayer
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