Definitions for mimbars

mimbars mim·bar

Spelling: [mim-bahr]
IPA: /ˈmɪm bɑr/

Mimbars is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 180 anagrams from letters in mimbars (abimmrs).

Definitions for mimbars

noun

  1. a pulpit in a mosque.

Origin of mimbars

First recorded in 1810-20, mimbar is from the Arabic word minbar

Examples for mimbars

The walls are of painted plaster-work; the mimbar or pulpit is of carved wood, each panel bearing a different design.

The "mimbar," or pulpit, was fashioned out of a simple palm-tree trunk on which the Prophet mounted when he preached his sermons.

We learn from Ibn-Khaldoun and many other writers, that the throne of the Mussulman sultans was the mimbar, takcht, or cursi.

The mimbar, or pulpit is so placed that the speaker can face Mecca.

The Moorish mimbar or pulpit of the mosque of Cordova was very wonderful.

The preacher standing on the second step of the mimbar, or pulpit, with a large club or staff in his hand, delivers his sermon.

Word Value for mimbars
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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