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kramat|kræˈmɑːt, ˈkrɑːmət|
Also 8 crammat; 9 grammat, kramet; karamat, keramat.
[ad. Mal. keramat adj., numinous, sacred, holy, unusual, having supernatural qualities; n., holy place, holy person; ad. Arab. karāmāt, pl. of karāma miracle worked by a saint other than a prophet.]
A Muslim holy place or place of pilgrimage (see also quot. 1833). Also as adj., sacred.
1783W. Marsden Hist. Sumatra 203 The place of greatest solemnity for administering an oath, is the crammat or burying ground of their ancestors. 1833G. Greig S. Afr. Almanac & Directory 156 A tomb of a celebrated Malay Priest, near the farm Zandvliet, is frequently visited by the Mahomedans, and where they perform Divine Service, or what is called Grammat. 1839T. J. Newbold Pol. & Statistical Acct. Straits of Malacca I. v. 252 In every part of the country are found tombs of men famed for piety... They call such tombs Kramets. 1900W. W. Skeat Malay Magic 61 There is usually in every small district a holy place known as the kramat. 1910D. Fairbridge That which hath Been xxiii. 283 Near the sand hills and the sea lies the kopje on the summit of which is the white mosque, the kramat, which marks to this day the resting place of Sheik Joseph. 1944I. D. Du Plessis Cape Malays iii. 31 From the tomb of Sjech Yussuf a series of Karamats stretches in a rough circle round the Peninsula. 1947L. G. Green Tavern of Seas xiv. 136 Followers of the Prophet listening to the reading of the Koran within the ‘kramat’. 1947R. O. Winstedt Malays 24 Many sacred (Keramat) places are the graves of by-gone shamans. 1964R. Perry World of Tiger xiv. 221 The kramat tiger of Malaya..is protected by a guardian spirit and can be driven away from a cattlefold by a child. 1965R. McKie Company of Animals v. 84 He was kramat which is as near as any animal can come to being regarded as sacred. 1970Straits Times Ann. 68 Here are three Malay Tombs. They are keramat, a sacred or respected place. 1971Drum July 55 As the street fills, there'll be Coons and a band and a jam session, the scene fading out into a shot on Signal Hill, where the Karamat singers will chant the sacred Islamic music. |