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marabout
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun marabout has 1 sense
- marabout(n = noun.animal) leptoptilus crumeniferus, marabou, marabou stork - large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments; Array has parts: marabou
is a kind of stork
is a member of genus leptoptilus, leptoptilus
OXFORD DICTIONARY
marabout, n.
1 a Muslim hermit or monk, esp. in N. Africa.
2 a shrine marking a marabout's burial-place.
1 a Muslim hermit or monk, esp. in N. Africa.
2 a shrine marking a marabout's burial-place.
Etymology
F f. Port. marabuto f. Arab. murabit holy man f. ribat frontier station, where he acquired merit by combat against the infidel
ROGET THESAURUS
marabout
Temple
N temple, place of worship, house of God, house of prayer, temple, cathedral, minster, church, kirk, chapel, meetinghouse, bethel, tabernacle, conventicle, basilica, fane, holy place, chantry, oratory, synagogue, mosque, marabout, pantheon, pagoda, joss house, dogobah, tope, kiosk, kiack, masjid, parsonage, rectory, vicarage, manse, deanery, glebe, Vatican, bishop's palace, Lambeth, altar, shrine, sanctuary, Holy of Holies, sanctum sanctorum, sacristy, sacrarium, communion table, holy table, Lord's table, table of the Lord, pyx, baptistery, font, piscina, stoup, aumbry, sedile, reredos, rood loft, rood screen, chancel, quire, choir, nave, aisle, transept, vestry, crypt, golgotha, calvary, Easter sepulcher, stall, pew, pulpit, ambo, lectern, reading desk, confessional, prothesis, credence, baldachin, baldacchino, apse, belfry, chapter house, presbytery, anxious-bench, anxious-seat, diaconicum, jube, mourner's bench, mourner's seat, cloisters, churchyard, monastery, priory, abbey, friary, convent, nunnery, cloister, claustral, cloistered, monastic, monasterial, conventual, ne vile fano, there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple.
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