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Definition of Jinns
1. jinn [n] - See also: jinn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jinns
Literary usage of Jinns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Come to the Secret Garden: Sufi Tales of Wisdom by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (1985)
"Giants, fairies, and jinns live there, but it is uninhabited by people. Sometimes we
can learn things about man in a place where no men dwell. ..."
2. The Rauzat-us-safa: Or, Garden of Purity by Edward Rehatsek, F. F. Arbuthnot (1891)
"It was from the fire of this wind that the jinns or demons were created.—Quran, ch.
xv. 27. Eblis was at first an angel, and said to God with reference cb. ..."
3. The Pedigree of the Devil by Frederic Thomas Hall (1883)
"... unattached—Rabbinical Spirits—Pan—Puck— Origin of the Idea of Spirits—Shade
and Psyche—Dreams— Manes and Manes-worship—Patron-saints—Monsters—jinns— ..."
4. German Romance: Specimens of Its Chief Authors : with Biographical and by Thomas Carlyle, Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, Friedrich Heinrich Karl La Motte-Fouqué, Johann Karl August Musäus, Jean Paul, Ludwig Tieck (1827)
"... the emblem of her praiseworthy prudence ; on the left Angelica, adorned with
a royal crown ; and in the midst, the Count reposing on his coat-of- jinns, ..."
5. Legends of Old Testament Characters: From the Talmud and Other Sources by Sabine Baring-Gould (1871)
"The jinns worked night and day till the temple was finished. ... Thus the jinns
knew that Solomon was dead. Now, wherever the white ant eats wood, ..."
6. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1858)
"When they were entered into the palace, this King of the jinns led the old ...
How fate led him also to the palace of the King of the jinns is not known ..."
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