Caaba

Caaba
The small and nearly cubical stone building, holiest place of Islam, that all Muslims face when praying.

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  • Caaba — Ca*a ba (k[.a]*[=a] b[.a]), n. [Ar. ka bah, lit., a square building, fr. ka b cube.] The small and nearly cubical stone building, toward which all Mohammedans must pray. [Written also {kaaba}.] [1913 Webster] Note: The Caaba is situated in Mecca …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Caaba — V. Kaaba. Kaaba ou Caaba (la) (ka ba) vaste édifice cubique (ka ba vient du grec kubos, dé à jouer ), en pierre grise, dans la mosquée de La Mecque, dont le Coran fait remonter l origine à Abraham, à qui l ange Gabriel aurait donné la Pierre… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Caaba — [kä′bə] alt. sp. of KAABA * * * …   Universalium

  • CAABA — Turcis dicitur lapis niger, in vetustissimo illorunl templo Mechae aslervatus, quem illi summâ veneratione, colentes; peregrinationem eô factam, inter praecipua Superstitionis suae arcana habent, vide infra Methymna Talnati, it. de Saracenis …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • caaba — s. f. Templo, de forma cúbica, em Meca, da particular veneração dos Muçulmanos …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • Caaba — [kä′bə] alt. sp. of KAABA …   English World dictionary

  • caaba — Kaaba Ka*a ba (k[.a]*[=a] b[.a]), prop. n. [Ar. ka bah, lit., a square building, fr. ka b cube.] The small and nearly cubical stone building, in the court of the Great Mosque at Mecca, toward which all Mohammedans must pray. It contains a sacred… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • caaba — (ka a ba) s. f. Édifice religieux à la Mecque très vénéré des musulmans. ÉTYMOLOGIE    Arabe, ka abet, maison, la Caaba …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • Caaba — ► RELIGIÓN Edificio religioso musulmán situado en la gran mezquita de La Meca. En el muro oriental externo se halla la Piedra negra, venerada en la religión islámica …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • CAABA —    an ancient Arab temple, a small square structure in the grand mosque of Mecca, with a mysterious black stone, probably an aerolite, built in it, on which all pilgrims who visit the shrine imprint a kiss; the Keblah of all Moslem, the eyes of… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

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