Minaret

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A tall slender tower attached to a mosque, having one or more projecting balconies from which a muezzin summons the people to prayer.
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  • n. the tall slender tower of an Islamic mosque, from which the muezzin recites the adhan (call to prayer)
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In Moslem arch., a slender and lofty turret typically rising by several stages or stories, and surrounded by one or more projecting balconies, characteristic of Mohammedan mosques, and corresponding to the belfry of a Christian church.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. slender tower with balconies
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    Annette    Antoinette    Bernadette    Bizet    Bret    Brett    Burnett    Calumet    Chalmette    Chet   
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    belfry    spire    steeple    mosque    cupola    pinnacle    battlements    buttress    pagoda    turret   
     
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