muezzin

Noun

Meaning

A Mohammedan crier of the hour of prayer.

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Examples

So wrote Pater, calling an art-for-art's sake muezzin to the faithful from the topmost turret of the ivory tower. Cyril Connolly

Alike for those who for To-day prepare, And those that after some To-morrow stare, A Muezzin from the Tower of Darkness cries "Fools! your Reward is neither Here nor There." Omar Khayyám

The village muezzin called the faithful to prayer. Diane ignored the sound. Robert Charles Wilson

"For me as a muezzin, when I say at the end 'pray in your homes', it breaks my heart," said Firas al-Qazzaz last month, whose family has led prayers at Al-Aqsa for more than 500 years. Source: Internet

The Prophet agreed and appointed Bilal Ibn Rabah, known for his beautiful voice, to be the first muezzin in Islam. Source: Internet

Kansu is perhaps the most dominantly Mohammedan province in China, and here many different sects are found, and mosques with minarets used by the orthodox muezzin calling to prayer, and in one place veiled women are met with. Source: Internet

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