Azan
(in islamic countries) the call to prayer proclaimed five times a day by the muezzin.
historical examples
the old general was of a different type from the fire-eating dandies who played the master at azan.
the valley of vision henry van dyk-
boville owed his life to the azan, the fetich cord, at that instant.
the woodlands orchids frederick boyle
hanes in egypt was the reverse of azan; formed however of the same terms, and of the same purport precisely.
a new system; or, an -n-lysis of antient mythology. volume i. jacob bryant
noun
(islam) the call to prayer five times a day, usually by a muezzin from a minaret
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