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minaret

min·a·ret [ mìnnə rét ] (plural min·a·rets)


noun 
Definition:
 
mosque tower: a tall slender tower attached to a mosque, from which the muezzin calls the faithful to prayer

[Late 17th century. < French< Turkish mināri< Arabic manāra "lighthouse, minaret"]
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