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Definition of Imarets
1. imaret [n] - See also: imaret
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imarets
Literary usage of Imarets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Vagrants and Vagrancy, and Beggars and Begging by Charles James Ribton-Turner (1887)
"In the districts where imarets are established they are entitled to a share of the
... The administration of the imarets belongs to the department of the ..."
2. A Journal of Two Years' Travel in Persia, Ceylon, Etc by Robert B. M. Binning (1857)
"The imarets have their principal rooms open to the weather; the waters flow
through the lower halls; and the upper stories are built in light fanciful forms ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1833)
"... imarets, (hospitals,) fountains, &c. are all maintained by the ulema ; add to
these the magnificence of the mosques, their number, the royal sepultures, ..."
4. American Annals of Education by W. C. Woolbridge (1839)
"... from 15 even to 70, supplied with their food from the imarets, or charitable
cooking houses, attached to the mosques. The students are not obliged to ..."
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