Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
muezzin .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the Muslim official of a mosque who summons the faithful to prayer from a minaret five times a day
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Examples
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The well-respected muazzin Abu Saif and another civilian were executed in public.
Think Progress 2009
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Mamul Islam, headmaster of Amjhupi High School, and Imdadul Haque, a local muazzin, said the villagers got infuriated when the six youths tried to incite them to violence in the name of religion.
The Daily Star 2009
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"Imagine being raised with a father who was a muazzin (sic), one who went to the minaret and did the call to prayer.
Grace and Truth to You Wade Burleson 2010
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The loud Arab weddings and nightly prayers by the muazzin [over a powerful loudspeaker] at 4: 30 AM disturb our sleep every night. "
Elder of Ziyon 2010
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