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In the Muslim brotherhoods of Senegal , the marabouts are organized in elaborate hierarchies; the highest marabout of the Mourides , for example, has been elevated to the status of a ...
Marabouts. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07
Marabouts. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07 ... mâr´ b ts) [Arab.,=devotee hermit], members of a Muslim religious and military community, precursors of the ...
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Marabouts, members of an ascetic Muslim order in North Africa residing in ribats, or monasteries, and held in veneration by the Berbers. They are successors to the powerful Almoravids, who ruled Morocco, part of Algeria, and Spain in the 11th and 12th centuries. The term marabout also designates a shrine in which a particularly holy man is buried.

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