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Kaaba |
(Islamic) Arabic, "cube". A small cubical building in Mecca, the Islamic world's symbolic center. |
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Mosque |
(Islamic) The Islamic building for collective worship. From the Arabic word masjid, meaning a "place for bowing down". |
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Minaret |
(Islamic) A distinctive feature of mosque architecture, a tower from which the faithful are called to worship. |
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Mihrab |
(Islamic) A semicircular niche set into the qibla wall of a mosque. |
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Qibla |
(Islamic) The direction (toward Mecca) Muslims face when praying. |
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Minbar |
(Islamic) In a mosque, the pulpit on which the imam stands. |
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Voussoir |
(Islamic) A wedge-shaped stone block used in the construction of a true arch. The central voussoir, which sets the arch, is called the keystone. |
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Muqarnas |
(Islamic) Stucco decorations of Islamic buildings in which stalactite-like forms break a structure's solidity. |
