: a Muslim crier who calls the hour of daily prayers
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But then the muezzin came on the loudspeaker, announcing the burial was postponed until the remains could be certified by health ministry officials.
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Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
Over time, as megaphones, microphones and electronic amplifiers emerged, the need for muezzin delivering the call waned and the tradition essentially vanished.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2024
Tall minarets of mosques marked the towns like spears stuck into the earth; occasionally the muezzin crackled to life to issue the adhān, the prayer-call to the faithful.
—J.r. Patterson, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Dec. 2023
There’s the rounded octagonal level above that, framed at the top by a surrounding platform that suggests a muezzin’s balcony of yore.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2024
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Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
Over time, as megaphones, microphones and electronic amplifiers emerged, the need for muezzin delivering the call waned and the tradition essentially vanished.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2024
Tall minarets of mosques marked the towns like spears stuck into the earth; occasionally the muezzin crackled to life to issue the adhān, the prayer-call to the faithful.
—J.r. Patterson, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Dec. 2023
There’s the rounded octagonal level above that, framed at the top by a surrounding platform that suggests a muezzin’s balcony of yore.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2024
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muezzin
noun
mu·ez·zin
m(y)ü-ˈez-ᵊn 
: a crier who summons Muslims to prayer
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