mimbar

[ mim-bahr ]

noun

1. a pulpit in a mosque.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mimbar¹

First recorded in 1810–20, mimbar is from the Arabic word minbar

Example Sentences

The "Mimbar," or pulpit, was fashioned out of a simple palm-tree trunk on which the Prophet mounted when he preached his sermons.

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Mimbar, mim′bar, n. the pulpit in a mosque.

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In the Sanctuary was preserved for several centuries after the Reconquest the superb "mimbar" or pulpit of Al Hakem II.

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It was placed in the mimbar, when the imam read from it the prayer of the Azulah, and was then placed in the treasury with the gold and silver vessels used in the ceremonies of the "Ramadan."

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There is a Mihr�b in the wall: but no proper mimbar or pulpit, three raised steps doing duty for it.

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