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Definition of Abayas
1. abaya [n] - See also: abaya
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abayas
Literary usage of Abayas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. World Directory of Restrictions and Requirements Affecting Textile and (1991)
"... that violate Islamic religion or ethics, transparent abayas (robes) for women
and anything bearing the Communist party emblem (hammer and sickle). ..."
2. Moon-o-theism: A Study of Mideast Moon-God Religionsby Yoel Natan by Yoel Natan (2006)
"1013 Two suicide bombers dressed m abayas blow up among worshippers at Mosque in
... "Terrorists Take to abayas to Escape Dragnet," Arab News, 26 Apr 2004. ..."
3. Orissa by William Wilson Hunter (1872)
"He convenes a Council of the abayas, or of the whole tribe, as usage may prescribe,
either for deliberative or judicial purposes. ..."
4. Human Rights Watch World Report, 2003: Events of 2002 (November 2001 by Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch Staff (2003)
"In May, the Commerce Ministry confirmed that it was coordinating with the religious
police to clamp down on local factories that made abayas (the ..."
5. Among the Women of the Sahara by Jean Pommerol (1900)
"... or abayas they sport when in neglige costume. From all that I have said about
the absorption of the ..."
6. Narrative of a Journey Round the Dead Sea, and in the Bible Lands, in 1850 by Edouard de Warren (1854)
"Their dress is composed of a long scarlet robe, confined round the loins by a
girdle, in which is placed a curved sabre; their abayas or cloaks are black, ..."
7. The Druses of the Lebanon: Their Manners, Customs, and History. With a by George Washington Chasseaud (1855)
"... abayas, where dainties for their table, where vegetables and fruit, and many
other necessaries and luxuries, if it were not for the natives of ..."
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