min‧a‧ret /ˌmɪnəˈret, ˈmɪnəret/
noun [countable][
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: French;
Origin: Turkish minare, from Arabic manarah 'lighthouse']
a tall thin tower on a
mosque, from which Muslims are called to prayer
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