: a tall slender tower of a mosque having one or more balconies from which the summons to prayer is cried by the muezzin
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Examples of minaret in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebThus, the new minaret was designed to remain silent.—Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2024 Tori said the minaret should serve as a signal to the broader community, too.—Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2024 It is blocked but visible, its dome and minarets peeking over the barrier.—Matthieu Aikins Bryan Denton, New York Times, 22 May 2024 The compound is overshadowed by the minaret of a neighboring mosque, whose PA system loudly proclaims the Islamic call to prayer five times a day.—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024 Massive cylindrical sections of what was its minaret lie topsy-turvy on its remains.—Rob Schmitz, NPR, 12 Apr. 2024 Dawn was breaking, and Max was staring out the window at the minarets and minimarts and Soviet-era apartment blocks, a big grin on his face, translating the Russian-language shop signs for me.—Paul Tough, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024 More than 90 percent of Kosovars are ethnically Albanian, and most are Muslim—as becomes clear looking out from the fortress above the city of Prizren, over a skyline dotted with some 40 minarets.—Naomi Tomky, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Mar. 2024 Standing on the Mediterranean coastline, the structure boasts the world’s tallest minaret, which looms at 869 feet, and a sprawling prayer room capable of hosting 120,000 worshippers, reports the Associated Press (AP).—Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Mar. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
French, from Turkish minare, from Arabic manāra lighthouse
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