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Definition of Djinns
1. djinn [n] - See also: djinn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Djinns
Literary usage of Djinns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Masterpieces and the History of Literature: Analysis, Criticism by Julian Hawthorne, John Russell Young, Oliver Herbrand Gordon Leigh, John Porter Lamberton (1902)
"ACCORDING to Mohammedan belief, the djinns (also called ... O God! the deadly
sound Of the djinns' fearful cry ! Quick, 'neath the spiral round Of the deep ..."
2. Introduction to Modern French Lyrics by Benjamin Lester Bowen (1891)
"LES djinns. E cyme i gru van cantando lor la Facendo in aer di se lunga riga,
Cosi vid' io venir traendo ..."
3. Queer Things about Persia by Eustache de Lorey, Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen (1907)
"CHAPTER XXXI SUPERSTITIONS, ASTROLOGERS, djinns SUPERSTITION is of no age, it is
as old as humanity. All peoples have, one after the other, been bound to it ..."
4. Gems for the Fireside: Comprising the Most Unique, Touching, Pithy, and by Otis Henry Tiffany (1883)
"... djinns. VICTOR HUGO. OWN, tower, 1 Shore, deep, Where lower , Clouds steep;
Waves gray Where play Winds gay- All asleep. Hark a sound, Far and slight. ..."
5. In Moorish Captivity: An Account of the 'Tourmaline' Expedition to Sus, 1897-98 by Henry M. Grey (1899)
"Letter received from Consul Johnston—A parcel of good things —Moorish superstition—We
manufacture djinns—The end of Ramadan—A gorging orgie—Ba-Hamed's ..."
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