zayatn.
/ˈzɑːjət/ A public hall or shed for worship, meetings, or shelter.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > public building > [noun]
hall1297
school?a1425
common house1537
basilica1541
public house1560
public building1561
state house1593
prytaneum1673
house of call1699
basilic1728
zayat1823
civic centre1867
jong1904
1823 A. H. Judson Acct. Amer. Baptist Mission Burman Empire 145 The Zayat, the Burman name for a place for public worship, was erected.
1852 H. W. Pierson Amer. Missionary Mem. 89 In April 1819 the first zayat was opened for Christian worship.
1906 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 230/2 They went straight to the zayat, the strangers' rest-house.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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