Crossword clues for marabout
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Marabou \Mar`a*bou"\ (m[a^]r"[.a]b[=oo]"), n. [F.]
(Zo["o]l.) A large black-and-white carrion-eating stork of the genus Leptoptilos (formerly Ciconia), esp. the African species ( Leptoptilus crumeniferus syn. Leptoptilos crumenifer), whose downy under-wing feathers are used to trim garments; called also marabout. The Asiatic species ( Leptoptilos dubius, or Leptoptilos argala) is the adjutant. See Adjutant. [Written also marabu.]
One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe. [Louisiana]
--Bartlett.A kind of thrown raw silk, nearly white naturally, but capable of being dyed without scouring; also, a thin fabric made from it, as for scarfs, which resembles the feathers of the marabou in delicacy, -- whence the name.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A Muslim holy man or mystic, especially in parts of North Africa. (from 17th c.) 2 The tomb or shrine of such a person. (from 19th c.)
WordNet
n. large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; downy under-wing feathers are used to trim garments [syn: marabou, marabou stork, Leptoptilus crumeniferus]
Wikipedia
A marabout ( marbūṭ or murābiṭ, "one who is attached/garrisoned") is a Muslim religious leader and teacher in West Africa, and (historically) in the Maghreb. The marabout is often a scholar of the Qur'an, or religious teacher. Others may be wandering holy men who survive on alms, Sufi Murshids ("Guides"), or leaders of religious communities. Still others keep alive syncretic pre- Islamic traditions, making amulets for good luck, presiding at various ceremonies, telling the future, and in some cases actively guiding the lives of followers. The common practice of receiving gifts or money for this service is disapproved of by orthodox Muslims.
Marabout is a Charleroi Metro station located in Gilly, Belgium (part of the Charleroi municipality), opened on February 27, 2012 as part of the Soleilmont extension of the Gilly branch of the Charleroi Pre-metro. The station is entirely underground and features a central platform with street access at its western end. Decoration inside the station depicts old views of Charleroi.
The station is located in TEC Charleroi fare zone 2.
The main station structure was built in the 1980s, but has never been put into service before February 27, 2012.
Usage examples of "marabout".
I knew that I could not hope to reach Mecca, and kiss the sacred black stone, or pray in the Mosque of the holy Lella Fatima, I have wished to visit a certain great marabout in the south.
The pity of Allah for a daughter who is weak will permit the blessing of this marabout, who has inherited the inestimable gift of Baraka, to be the same to me, body and soul, as the pilgrimage to Mecca which is beyond the power of my flesh.
I assured thee that at the end of our journey I would persuade the marabout to make the amulet as potent for good to thee as the Black Stone itself, against which thou canst never cool the fever in thy forehead.
This blessing the marabout will give, not for thy sake, but for mine, because I will do for him certain things which he has long desired, and so far I have never consented to undertake.
But the marabout was away, and no one ever came out on his roof when he was absent.
Oued Tolga, or some Sahara encampment, who crawled on foot, or rode decrepit donkeys, hoping to be cured of ailments by the magic power of the marabout, the power of the Baraka.
She thought, without any active interest, as she looked at the nodding bassourahs, growing larger and larger, that a chief was coming with his women, and that he would be disappointed to learn that the marabout was away from home.
Men who come from far off to see the marabout always do as much of the journey as possible by rail.
And from Morocco he travelled here, in place of the cripple, when the last marabout died, and the heir was called to his inheritance.
She had a strange impression that Saidee had forgotten her, that all this talk of the past, and of the marabout, was for some one else of whom her sister was thinking.
Their dear friend, the good, wise, polite marabout assures them that rumours of that sort are nonsense.
Mussulmans are forbidden to touch alcohol, but if a marabout drinks wine, it turns to milk in his throat.
Halim had begun his crusade under the name and banner of the marabout, in the fierce hope of revenge against the power which broke him, and with an entirely selfish wish for personal aggrandizement.
And the marabout has every reason not to get in the bad books of the French.
The girl was escorted upstairs, perhaps to show her how much more important was the favourite wife of the marabout than a mere Roumia, an unmarried maiden.