- caaba
- (ka-a-ba) s. f.Édifice religieux à la Mecque très vénéré des musulmans.Arabe, ka'abet, maison, la Caaba.
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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 — noun The small and nearly cubical stone building, holiest place of Islam, that all Muslims face when praying … Wiktionary
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
