Synonyms for minaret
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : min-uh-ret, min-uh-ret |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌmɪn əˈrɛt, ˈmɪn əˌrɛt |
Top 10 synonyms for minaret Other synonyms for the word minaret
- bell tower
- clocher
- cloud buster
- column
- cupola
- cylinder
- dome
- fort
- fortification
- fortress
- head
- high rise
- keep
- lathe
- lookout
- mast
- minaret
- monolith
- obelisk
- pedestal
- peristyle
- pier
- pilaster
- pillar
- post
- prop
- pylon
- refuge
- shaft
- skyscraper
- spire
- standard
- stay
- steeple
- stele
- stronghold
- support
- totem
- tower
- turret
- underpinning
- upright
- ziggurat
Définition of minaret
Origin :- 1680s, from French minaret, from Turkish minare "a minaret," from Arabic manarah, manarat "lamp, lighthouse, minaret," related to manar "candlestick," derivative of nar "fire;" cf. Hebrew ner "lamp" (see menorah).
- As in tower : noun very high building or building part
- As in belfry : noun tower; part of tower
- As in steeple : noun tower
- As in turret : noun tower
- As in column : noun pillar
- By this time also, if not earlier, the minaret had become universal.
- Extract from : « Architecture » by Thomas Roger Smith
- The minaret is faced with tiles and is surmounted by a gilded crescent.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 6 » by Various
- The minaret is a tall slender tower, peculiar to Turkish architecture.
- Extract from : « Popular Technology; Volume 2 » by Edward Hazen
- Seldom had he looked at a minaret without thinking of prayer.
- Extract from : « In the Wilderness » by Robert Hichens
- The minaret, I may here remark, is to the mosques what a steeple is to the church.
- Extract from : « Letters from Palestine » by J. D. Paxton
- One minaret of Byzantine design we passed on our way to the town.
- Extract from : « The Secrets of a Kuttite » by Edward O. Mousley
- The minaret runs up a great deal higher, and there is a stairway.
- Extract from : « The Great Airship. » by F. S. Brereton
- It tints minaret after minaret, dome after dome, house after house.
- Extract from : « Constantinople painted by Warwick Goble » by Alexander Van Millingen
- Like the muezzin on his minaret, the elegist calls to prayer.
- Extract from : « Expositor's Bible: The Song of Solomon » by Walter Adeney
- Round and round we walked, looking up at arch and dome and minaret.
- Extract from : « From Egypt to Japan » by Henry M. Field
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