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minaret|ˈmɪnərɪt|
Forms: α. 7 minoret, 8 minarat, mineret, 9 menaret, 7– minaret; β. 8–9 minaree, minareh, menareh.
[a. Arab. manārah, manārat (in Turkish pronunciation mināre), f. root of nār fire: cf. minar. The immediate source may be F. minaret; cf. Sp. minarete, Pg. minareto, It. minaretto.]
A tall slender tower or turret, connected with a mosque, surrounded by one or more projecting balconies from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
α1682Wheler Journ. Greece v. 364 They have built a Minoret, or tall, slender Steeple; out of which they make a Noise, to call People together, at their set times of Prayer. 1695Motteux Saint-Olon's Morocco 72 Two Mosques, whose Minarets are of a considerable height. 1728Morgan Algiers I. iv. 157 This Khalifa was the first who erected Minarets in the Mosques. 1760Ann. Reg. 87 All the minerets..were thrown down. 1812Byron Ch. Har. ii. xxxviii, The cross descends, thy minarets arise. 1839Lane Arab. Nts. I. 18 The..menaret of each mosque. 1869H. F. Tozer Highl. Turkey I. 51 The minarets and the castle which crowns the highest position produce a striking effect.
β1775Chandler Trav. Asia M. (1825) I. 59 Amid these the tall minarees rise, and white houses glitter, dazzling the beholder. 1798Tweddell in Rem. (1815) I. 235 One of the minarehs of St. Sophia. 1839Lane Arab. Nts. I. 379 The muëddins on the menarehs had chanted the Selam of Friday.
b. transf. and fig.
1860Tyndall Glac. i. ii. 13 This beautiful minaret of ice. 1870B. Harte Dickens in Camp i, The dim Sierras, far beyond, uplifting Their minarets of snow.
c. attrib., as minaret-top, minaret-tower.
1856Kane Arct. Expl. I. xviii. 224 A solitary column or minaret-tower. 1867M. E. Herbert Cradle L. i. 37 The only call for prayer is from the minaret top. |