marabout

/mar-uh-boot, -boo/US // ˈmær əˌbut, -ˌbu //UK // (ˈmærəˌbuː) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : Islam. a hermit or holy man, especially in N Africa, often wielding political power and credited with supernatural powers.the tomb or shrine of such a man.
- : marabou.

Up to the now open door of the marabout's tomb rushes a figure that has leaped from a horse.
There is a peculiar kind of silk called marabout, containing generally three threads, made from the white Novi raw silk.
A marabout is generally in charge of these koubas, as he is with the proper tombs of other holy men.
The mosque-marabout is often a monument which marks a holy place, the tomb, for instance, of a celebrated marabout or holy man.
It is dedicated to Sidi-Ahmed-ben-Youssef, a venerated marabout who lived all his life hereabouts.