muezzin

noun

mu·ez·zin mü-ˈe-zᵊn

myü-;

ˈmwe-zᵊn

: a Muslim crier who calls the hour of daily prayers

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But then the muezzin came on the loudspeaker, announcing the burial was postponed until the remains could be certified by health ministry officials. —

Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024 Over time, as megaphones, microphones and electronic amplifiers emerged, the need for muezzin delivering the call waned and the tradition essentially vanished. —

Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2024 Tall minarets of mosques marked the towns like spears stuck into the earth; occasionally the muezzin crackled to life to issue the adhān, the prayer-call to the faithful. —

J.r. Patterson, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Dec. 2023 There’s the rounded octagonal level above that, framed at the top by a surrounding platform that suggests a muezzin’s balcony of yore. —

Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for muezzin