English words for 'A Turkish mosque complex.'
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- (Islam) a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of Mecca
- (Islam) A niche in a mosque that indicates the qibla (direction of Mecca), and into which the imam prays.
- (Islam) a design in the shape of niche in a Muslim prayer rug; during worship the niche must be pointed toward Mecca
- (Islam) A design in a Muslim prayer mat with the same function.
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- A palace of a sultan.
- A brothel or place of debauchery.
- An interior cage or enclosed courtyard for keeping wild beasts.
- The palace of the Grand Seignior in Constantinople.
- The sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines (odalisques) in a Turkish Muslim household.
- (by figurative extension) A profligate or decadent residence of a rich person.
- living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
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- a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
- residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
- A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.
- such an arcade fitted with representations of the stages of Christ's Passion.
- such an arcade in a monastery;
- (figuratively) The monastic life.
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- surround with a cloister, as of a garden
- surround with a cloister
- seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister
- (transitive) To confine in a cloister, voluntarily or not.
- (transitive) To protect or isolate.
- (transitive) To provide with a cloister or cloisters.
- (intransitive) To deliberately withdraw from worldly things.
- (intransitive) To become a Roman Catholic religious.
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- (chiefly historical) An Islamic convent.
- (Islam) A Sufi monastery.
- (historical) The duty of some men to serve at such posts.
- (chiefly historical, especially Islam) A border or frontier guardpost.
- (Islam, figurative) The duty of all Muslims to defend and/or retake Islamic lands.
- (chiefly historical) A caravanserai or inn in, converted from, or resembling such a guardpost.
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- A classical city site in Anatolia (Turkey).
- Nickname for New York City: a major city in New York, United States.
- A ghost town in Elko County, Nevada, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Massac County, Illinois, United States.
- (fiction) A fictional city serving as the primary setting for the Superman franchise, published by DC Comics.
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- a Mandaean building that serves as a community center and place of worship.
- (Malaysia) A traditional style of washing oneself in Indonesia and Malaysia, using a small container to scoop water out of a larger container and pour it over the body.
- (Middle East, Arabia, especially Yemen) A traditional Yemeni culinary dish of spiced meat and rice cooked in a pit. Now a popular staple in most areas of the Arabian Peninsula, it originates from Hadhramaut.
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- (architecture) A large entrance hall in a temple or palace.
- (architecture) A small entrance hall, antechamber, passage, or room between the outer door and the main hall, lobby, or interior of a building.
- The central cavity of the bony labyrinth of the inner ear or the parts (such as the saccule and utricle) of the membranous labyrinth that it contains.
- (anatomy) Any of a number of body cavities or channels, serving as or resembling an entrance to another bodily space.
- (rail transport) An enclosed entrance at the end of a railway passenger car.
- The part of the left ventricle below the aortic orifice.
- Clipping of vulval vestibule: the space in the vulva between the labia minora and into which both the urethra and vagina open.
- The part of the mouth outside the teeth and gums.
- a large entrance or reception room or area
- any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (as of the ear or vagina)
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- (Islam) a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of Mecca
- (Islam) A niche in a mosque that indicates the qibla (direction of Mecca), and into which the imam prays.
- (Islam) a design in the shape of niche in a Muslim prayer rug; during worship the niche must be pointed toward Mecca
- (Islam) A design in a Muslim prayer mat with the same function.
noun
- A palace of a sultan.
- A brothel or place of debauchery.
- An interior cage or enclosed courtyard for keeping wild beasts.
- The palace of the Grand Seignior in Constantinople.
- The sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines (odalisques) in a Turkish Muslim household.
- (by figurative extension) A profligate or decadent residence of a rich person.
- living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
noun
noun
- a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
- residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
- A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.
- such an arcade fitted with representations of the stages of Christ's Passion.
- such an arcade in a monastery;
- (figuratively) The monastic life.
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- surround with a cloister, as of a garden
- surround with a cloister
- seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister
- (transitive) To confine in a cloister, voluntarily or not.
- (transitive) To protect or isolate.
- (transitive) To provide with a cloister or cloisters.
- (intransitive) To deliberately withdraw from worldly things.
- (intransitive) To become a Roman Catholic religious.
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- (chiefly historical) An Islamic convent.
- (Islam) A Sufi monastery.
- (historical) The duty of some men to serve at such posts.
- (chiefly historical, especially Islam) A border or frontier guardpost.
- (Islam, figurative) The duty of all Muslims to defend and/or retake Islamic lands.
- (chiefly historical) A caravanserai or inn in, converted from, or resembling such a guardpost.
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- a Mandaean building that serves as a community center and place of worship.
- (Malaysia) A traditional style of washing oneself in Indonesia and Malaysia, using a small container to scoop water out of a larger container and pour it over the body.
- (Middle East, Arabia, especially Yemen) A traditional Yemeni culinary dish of spiced meat and rice cooked in a pit. Now a popular staple in most areas of the Arabian Peninsula, it originates from Hadhramaut.
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- (architecture) A large entrance hall in a temple or palace.
- (architecture) A small entrance hall, antechamber, passage, or room between the outer door and the main hall, lobby, or interior of a building.
- The central cavity of the bony labyrinth of the inner ear or the parts (such as the saccule and utricle) of the membranous labyrinth that it contains.
- (anatomy) Any of a number of body cavities or channels, serving as or resembling an entrance to another bodily space.
- (rail transport) An enclosed entrance at the end of a railway passenger car.
- The part of the left ventricle below the aortic orifice.
- Clipping of vulval vestibule: the space in the vulva between the labia minora and into which both the urethra and vagina open.
- The part of the mouth outside the teeth and gums.
- a large entrance or reception room or area
- any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (as of the ear or vagina)
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