Definition of Mihrabs

1. Noun. (plural of mihrab) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mihrabs

1. mihrab [n] - See also: mihrab

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mihrabs

migrators
migratory
migratory cell
migratory locust
migratory pneumonia
migratory quail
migs
miha
miharaite
mihi
mihied
mihiing
mihis
mihrab
mihrabs (current term)
mijiu
mijnheer
mijnheers
mika operation
mikado
mikados
mikan
mikans
mikasaite
mike
mike up
miked
mikes
miking

Literary usage of Mihrabs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Moon-o-theism: Religion of a War and Moon God Prophet, Volume II of II by Yoel Natan (2006)
"Given all this information on early mihrabs, one knows exactly what to make of the traditions that say mihrabs were a later Islamic development rather than ..."

2. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1844)
"Porch with three small domes gives onto a single-domed chamber : terracotta panels round plaster-decorated mihrabs. Protected Monument. ..."

3. A History of Architecture in All Countries: From the Earliest Times to the by James Fergusson (1876)
"All that was required was the removal of the temple in its centre, and the erection of a new wall on the west side, adorned with niches— mihrabs—to point ..."

4. History of Indian and Eastern Architecture by James Fergusson (1899)
"All that was required was the removal of the temple in its centre, and t!u erection of a new wall on the west side, adorned with niches— mihrabs—to point ..."

5. A History of Architecture by Russell Sturgis, Arthur Lincoln Frothingham (1909)
"D. Mihrab with cupola. smaller mihrabs are seen niched in the same wall. The building is so ruinous that it cannot be wholly explained. ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... on each side, is a larger apartment covered by a pointed ribbed vault. The ornamental work is bold and striking rather than delicate, and the mihrabs or ..."

7. Spain and Portugal: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1908)
"The magnificent entrance-archway rests upon coloured columns taken from one of the earlier mihrabs. The walls are panelled with richly carved marble. ..."

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