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Definition of muezzin noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

muezzin

noun
 
/muːˈezɪn/,
 
/mjuːˈezɪn/
 
/muːˈezɪn/,
 
/mjuːˈezɪn/
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  1. a man who calls Muslims to prayer, usually from the tower of a mosqueTopics Religion and festivalsc2
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: dialect variant of Arabic mu'ad̲d̲in, active participle of ad̲d̲ana' ‘proclaim’.
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