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单词 marabout
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Definition of marabout in English:

marabout

noun ˈmarəbuːtˈmɛrəˌbu
  • 1A Muslim holy man or hermit, especially in North Africa.

    (尤指北非的)伊斯兰教隐士(或修士)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Algeria has many legends based on the exploits of Muslim leaders called marabouts who either resisted the Crusaders or the French colonizers.
    • Many Guineans rely on their traditional spirit beliefs and rely on marabouts (dervishes believed to have supernatural powers) and fetishes (superstitious objects) in times of trouble.
    • Many Mauritanians have faith in the supernatural powers of holy men called marabouts, or murabitun.
    • Among the Islamic Issa, Gadabursi, and Afar, sheikhs and marabouts occupy a prominent position and play a role in many lifecycle events.
    • For example, a marabout (traditional healer) may advise a sick person to write on a prayer board passages from the holy Koran.
    • During the rest of the film he tries to work out who could have cursed him and visits two marabouts to find a cure.
    • They are called marabouts, or holy men, and are believed to have baraka, or divine grace.
    • Also important among all groups are Koranic or Islamic scholars, often called marabouts, who serve as religious scholars and scribes and, in the countryside, combine legal, medical, and religious professions.
    • At the mosque, the marabout (Islamic holy man) and the father give the baby an Arabic name from the Koran.
    • The other Islamic clerics who play major roles as healers and religious counselors are the marabouts.
    • A group of Muslim holy men known as marabouts were able to stir dissent and gain prominence by convincing the local populations that they possessed supernatural powers.
    • Research included socioeconomic surveys and 286 semistructured interviews on social change with different rural actors including women, youths, male household heads, marabouts, elite farmers, and grain traders.
    • In the indigenous Berber religion, the holy men, called marabouts, were thought to be endowed by God with special powers.
    • The Maghrib, including Tunisia, has many legends involving Muslim leaders called marabouts (holy men).
    • Marabouts play a unique role in Senegalese society: in orthodox Muslim communities, marabouts are teachers of the faith.
    • In doing those things, de Foucauld served as a countersign to the often (his judgment not mine) narrow, prestige-preoccupied, and hypocritical hereditary marabouts who headed up the various sectarian movements in Algerian Islam.
    • Her friends subsequently carried her body to a marabout, an intermediary between the spiritual and the physical world, who succeeded in reviving her.
    • The text centers on the compound of one marabout whose home is filled both inside and out with devotional imagery and serves as a site for the meetings of talibes (followers).
    Synonyms
    abstainer, recluse, hermit, solitary, anchorite, anchoress, desert saint, celibate, puritan, nun, monk
    1. 1.1 A shrine marking the burial place of a Muslim holy man or hermit.
      伊斯兰教隐士(或修士)的墓龛
      Synonyms
      holy place, temple, church, chapel, tabernacle, altar, sanctuary, sanctum

Origin

Early 17th century: via French and Portuguese from Arabic murābiṭ 'holy man'.

Rhymes

marabou

Definition of marabout in US English:

marabout

nounˈmɛrəˌbuˈmerəˌbo͞o
  • 1A Muslim holy man or hermit, especially in North Africa.

    (尤指北非的)伊斯兰教隐士(或修士)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A group of Muslim holy men known as marabouts were able to stir dissent and gain prominence by convincing the local populations that they possessed supernatural powers.
    • The Maghrib, including Tunisia, has many legends involving Muslim leaders called marabouts (holy men).
    • The text centers on the compound of one marabout whose home is filled both inside and out with devotional imagery and serves as a site for the meetings of talibes (followers).
    • In the indigenous Berber religion, the holy men, called marabouts, were thought to be endowed by God with special powers.
    • For example, a marabout (traditional healer) may advise a sick person to write on a prayer board passages from the holy Koran.
    • Her friends subsequently carried her body to a marabout, an intermediary between the spiritual and the physical world, who succeeded in reviving her.
    • Marabouts play a unique role in Senegalese society: in orthodox Muslim communities, marabouts are teachers of the faith.
    • The other Islamic clerics who play major roles as healers and religious counselors are the marabouts.
    • Algeria has many legends based on the exploits of Muslim leaders called marabouts who either resisted the Crusaders or the French colonizers.
    • Research included socioeconomic surveys and 286 semistructured interviews on social change with different rural actors including women, youths, male household heads, marabouts, elite farmers, and grain traders.
    • In doing those things, de Foucauld served as a countersign to the often (his judgment not mine) narrow, prestige-preoccupied, and hypocritical hereditary marabouts who headed up the various sectarian movements in Algerian Islam.
    • Also important among all groups are Koranic or Islamic scholars, often called marabouts, who serve as religious scholars and scribes and, in the countryside, combine legal, medical, and religious professions.
    • Many Guineans rely on their traditional spirit beliefs and rely on marabouts (dervishes believed to have supernatural powers) and fetishes (superstitious objects) in times of trouble.
    • Many Mauritanians have faith in the supernatural powers of holy men called marabouts, or murabitun.
    • During the rest of the film he tries to work out who could have cursed him and visits two marabouts to find a cure.
    • Among the Islamic Issa, Gadabursi, and Afar, sheikhs and marabouts occupy a prominent position and play a role in many lifecycle events.
    • They are called marabouts, or holy men, and are believed to have baraka, or divine grace.
    • At the mosque, the marabout (Islamic holy man) and the father give the baby an Arabic name from the Koran.
    Synonyms
    abstainer, recluse, hermit, solitary, anchorite, anchoress, desert saint, celibate, puritan, nun, monk
    1. 1.1 A shrine marking the burial place of a Muslim holy man or hermit.
      伊斯兰教隐士(或修士)的墓龛
      Synonyms
      holy place, temple, church, chapel, tabernacle, altar, sanctuary, sanctum

Origin

Early 17th century: via French and Portuguese from Arabic murābiṭ ‘holy man’.

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