| 单词 | prayer niche |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprayer niche prayer niche n. Islam (in a mosque) a niche in the centre of a sanctuary wall, indicating the direction of Mecca; (also) a niche motif on a prayer rug; = mihrab n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > other parts > [noun] > niche mihrab1662 kiblah1775 fenestella1797 butsudan1822 prayer niche1872 1872 E. H. Palmer Desert of Exodus 401 One of the compartments on the south side had evidently been a mosque, as it contained a mihráb, or prayer-niche. 1931 A. U. Dilley Oriental Rugs & Carpets viii. 201 Above this field is either one large prayer niche (called a mihrab), shaped like a tent, or a row of miniature prayer niches. 1997 W. Dalrymple From Holy Mountain (1998) v. 304 I realised that the prayer niche must be another of those features of the early Christian world which has been lost to modern Western Christianity, yet which is still preserved in Islam. < as lemmas |
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