Muezzin - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Muezzin :  (noun)

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

Based on WordNet 2.0

Muezzin : \Mu*ez"zin\ (m[-u]*[e^]z"z[i^]n), n. [Ar.] A Mohammedan crier of the hour of prayer. [Written also mouezzin, mueddin, and muwazzin.]

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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