Muezzin

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  muezzin \mu*ez"zin\ (m[-u]*[e^]z"z[i^]n), n. [Ar.]
     A Mohammedan crier of the hour of prayer; the Moslem official
     of a mosque who summons the faithful to prayer from a minaret
     five times a day. [Written also {mouezzin}, {mueddin},
     {muazzin}, {mu'adhdhin}, and {muwazzin}.]
     [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  muezzin
       n : the Muslim official of a mosque who summons the faithful to
           prayer from a minaret five times a day [syn: {muazzin}, {muadhdhin}]