ribat

[ ri-baht ]

noun

, Islam.

1. a building housing a community of Sufis.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ribat¹

From the Arabic word ribāṭ hostelry

Example Sentences

We did most of the shooting in Sousse, Tunisia, and the ribat in Monastir; it looked fantastic, but we added various things like the ramp and the portico where Pilate and Biggus Dickus try to “welease Wodewick”.

From The Guardian

Later, forces took Ribat mosque, Sirte's biggest, where senior militants, including leading Islamic State ideologue Turki Ben Ali, had preached, the forces' media office said.

From Reuters

There are no actual ribat anymore, however.

From The New Yorker

Their profiles on VKontakte, Russia’s equivalent of , suggest that Ribat Shabaev and Sergey Tarasov are ordinary teenage guys who love music, girls, and goofing around with their friends.

From BusinessWeek

In a few days we are going to hear the soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf at the Ribat of Monastir, Tunisia.

From Time Magazine Archive