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Definition of Kaaba

1. Noun. (Islam) a black stone building in Mecca that is shaped like a cube and that is the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine; believed to have been given by Gabriel to Abraham; Muslims turn in its direction when praying.

Definition of Kaaba

1. Proper noun. (alternative spelling of Caaba) ¹

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Literary usage of Kaaba

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Islam, a Challenge to Faith: Studies on the Mohammedan Religion and the by Samuel Marinus Zwemer (1907)
"The name kaaba means a cube; but the building is not built true to line and is in fact an unequal ... The kaaba proper stands in an oblong space 250 paces ..."

2. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1835)
"Burckhardt (qv), in his Travels in Arabia,says "The holy kaaba is tho scene of such indecencies, as cannot, with propriety, be more particularly noticed. ..."

3. Life in the Moslem East by Pierre Ponafidine (1911)
"To understand the principles underlying the idea of pilgrimage we must glance at the origin of Mecca, the reason for worshipping the kaaba and the black ..."

4. The Nearer and Farther East: Outline Studies of Moslem Lands and of Siam by Samuel Marinus Zwemer, Arthur Judson Brown (1908)
"Let us imagine Scene that we are standing among the vast throng of worshippers facing the kaaba in the sacred City of Mecca, Anno Domini. ..."

5. Universal Geography: Or a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1824)
"Mecca at present only subsists by the wealth of the pilgrims who come to present their homage of veneration to the holy kaaba, or chief temple of the ..."

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