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Definition of tekke in English: tekkenounPlural tekkes ˈtɛkeɪ A monastery of dervishes, especially in Ottoman Turkey. Example sentencesExamples - The Mevlevi dervishes no longer walk through the doors of the three-hundred-year-old wooden tekkes on a weekly basis and whirl barefoot on the polished wood floors of the semahane.
- Under the Ottomans they lived in tekkes or lodges, which were similar in nature to monasteries, and lived off alms.
- Generally, this aid included the restoration of tekkes so that tekkes accepted the sovereignty of the state.
- In many Sufi traditions, the tekke is the place of devotion and worship for dervishes of a particular Sufi Order.
- In Kruje there are eleven tekkes and shrines, and one of the oldest is the Dollma Tekke located at the Castle of Kruje.
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