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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Minaret

/mĭnˌ-ẽr-ĕt'/ · Min·a·ret · IPA /mɪnəˈɹɛt/
01 n. A slender, lofty tower attached to a mosque and surrounded by one or more projecting balconies, from which the summon to prayer is cried by…
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    A slender, lofty tower attached to a mosque and surrounded by one or more projecting balconies, from which the summon to prayer is cried by the muezzin.(Arch.)