Definition of Muezzins

1. Noun. (plural of muezzin) ¹

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Definition of Muezzins

1. muezzin [n] - See also: muezzin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Muezzins

mudwater
mudwort
mudworts
mudwrestle
mudwrestler
mudwrestlers
mudwrestling
mueddin
mueddins
muenster
muensters
muesli
mueslis
muezzin
muezzinlike
muezzins (current term)
muff-divers
muff-diving
muff divers
muff pistol
muffdiver
muffdivers
muffed
muffetee
muffetees

Literary usage of Muezzins

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

1. A Narrative of Personal Experiences & Impressions During a Residence on the by Alicia Blackwood (1881)
"muezzins' call—Stoves purchased—Delay in arrival—Disappointment—Singular effect on ... On recovering my senses I found it was the muezzins' call for prayer, ..."

2. Observations in the East: Chiefly in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Asia Minor by John Price Durbin (1845)
"General Structure of the Mosques. —Domes and Cupolas.—Sacred Pigeons.—Minarets. —muezzins.—Interior of the Mosque.—Impressions.—Disenchantment.—Mausoleums. ..."

3. Notes of Travel: Or, Recollections of Majunga, Zanzibar, Muscat, Aden, Mocha by Joseph Barlow Felt Osgood (1854)
"muezzins — Call to daily prayer. — Ceremony of • ablution.—Posturing in prayer.—Arab Sabbath.—Sabbath prayer.—Mosques.—A converted Jew. ..."

4. A Summer's Cruise in the Waters of Greece, Turkey and Russia by Alfred Colbeck (1887)
"... —Preaching—muezzins—Mysticism—Dancing dervishes —Howling dervishes—Influence of Islam upon Turkish life and character ..."

5. There and Back Again in Search of Beauty by James Augustus St. John (1853)
"Our muezzins, from the minarets at night, proclaim a great truth, crying ' Awake, ye faithful, and pray : prayer is better than sleep. ..."

6. A Narrative of Personal Experiences & Impressions During a Residence on the by Alicia Blackwood (1881)
"muezzins' call—Stoves purchased—Delay in arrival—Disappointment—Singular effect on ... On recovering my senses I found it was the muezzins' call for prayer, ..."

7. Observations in the East: Chiefly in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Asia Minor by John Price Durbin (1845)
"General Structure of the Mosques. —Domes and Cupolas.—Sacred Pigeons.—Minarets. —muezzins.—Interior of the Mosque.—Impressions.—Disenchantment.—Mausoleums. ..."

8. Notes of Travel: Or, Recollections of Majunga, Zanzibar, Muscat, Aden, Mocha by Joseph Barlow Felt Osgood (1854)
"muezzins — Call to daily prayer. — Ceremony of • ablution.—Posturing in prayer.—Arab Sabbath.—Sabbath prayer.—Mosques.—A converted Jew. ..."

9. A Summer's Cruise in the Waters of Greece, Turkey and Russia by Alfred Colbeck (1887)
"... —Preaching—muezzins—Mysticism—Dancing dervishes —Howling dervishes—Influence of Islam upon Turkish life and character ..."

10. There and Back Again in Search of Beauty by James Augustus St. John (1853)
"Our muezzins, from the minarets at night, proclaim a great truth, crying ' Awake, ye faithful, and pray : prayer is better than sleep. ..."

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