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Webster 1913 Edition
Minaret
Min′a-ret
,Noun.
[Sp.
minarete
, Ar. manārat
lamp, lantern, lighthouse, turret, fr. nār
to shine.] (Arch.)
A slender, lofty tower attached to a mosque and surrounded by one or more projecting balconies, from which the summon to prayer is cried by the muezzin.
Webster 1828 Edition
Minaret
MIN'ARET
,Noun.