Definition of Minarets. Meaning of Minarets. Synonyms of Minarets

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Definition of Minarets

Minaret
Minaret Min"a*ret, n. [Sp. minarete, Ar. man[=a]rat lamp, lantern, lighthouse, turret, fr. n[=a]r 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.

Meaning of Minarets from wikipedia

- system on the minaret. Additionally, minarets historically served a visual symbolic purpose. In the early 9th century, the first minarets were placed opposite...
- a village in Iran Minaret of Israel Minar-e-****stan Minarets (California), a mountain formation in the United States The Minarets (New Zealand), two...
- "against the construction of minarets" was a successful po****r initiative in Switzerland to prevent the construction of minarets on mosques. In a November...
- Minarets.'" Seventeen of the Minarets have been given unofficial names, including Michael Minaret, Adams Minaret, Leonard Minaret, and Clyde Minaret....
- The Suleymaniyya and Mecidiyye minarets were replaced with two minarets in Mamluk revival style. Two additional minarets were erected to the northeast...
- A minaret is an architectural feature of Islamic mosques. Minarets may also refer to: Minarets, California, a former town in California Minarets (California)...
- misheard the Sultan's request for "altın minareler" (gold minarets) as "altı minare" (six minarets), a feature then-unique to the mosque of the Ka'aba in...
- Minaret of Jam, August 2005 The Minaret of Jam and Qasr Zarafshan, August 2005 Farmstead on the way to the minaret Ghazni Minarets Musalla Minarets of...
- a list of the tallest minarets in the world. It ranks minarets by their height. The tallest minaret in the world is the minaret of the Djamaa el Djazaïr...
- 2009 Minaret in 1962 Minaret in 1969 The site in 1975 Herat skyline with Musallah minarets, 1969 Herat skyline with Musallah minarets, 2009 A panorama of...