noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The person who issues the call to prayer from one of the minarets of a mosque.

   "approaching the mosque, at the call of the muezzin (III, xvi)"

2. 2
   the Muslim official of a mosque who summons the faithful to prayer from a minaret five times a day wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

dervishfakirmuadhdhinmuazzinprovostprovost

Example

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"In the distance I hear a muezzin calling the faithful to prayer."

Etymology

From Turkish müezzin or Ottoman Turkish مؤذن (müezzin), from Arabic مُؤَذِّن (muʔaḏḏin, “one who calls (to prayer), crier”).

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