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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A pulpit in a mosque from which the leader of prayers delivers the khutbah.

   "Here too the pulpit was like a mimbar in a mosque [...]."

Example

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"Here too the pulpit was like a mimbar in a mosque [...]."

Etymology

From Classical Arabic مِنْبَر (minbar), from نَبَرَ (nabara, “raise”).

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