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Kaaba

noun
1.
(Islam) a black stone building in Mecca that is shaped like a cube and that is the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine; believed to have been given by Gabriel to Abraham; Muslims turn in its direction when praying.  Synonym: Caaba.





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"Kaaba" Quotes from Famous Books



... Dakotas call the meteor, "Wakan-denda" (sacred fire) and Wakan-wohlpa (sacred gift). Meteors are messages from the Land of Spirits warning of impending danger. It is a curious fact that the "sacred stone" of the Mohammedans, in the Kaaba at Mecca, is a meteoric stone, and obtains its sacred character from the fact ...
— The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems • H. L. Gordon


Words linked to "Kaaba" :   Caaba, mecca, shrine, Muhammadanism, Islamism, Islam, Muslimism, Mohammedanism


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