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MAKSOORA

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 452 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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MAKSOORA , the

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TERM

term in

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MAHOMMEDAN

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ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture given to the

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SANCTUARY (from the late Lat. sanctuarium, a sacred place)

sanctuary or praying-chamber in a

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MOSQUE (through Fr. mosquie; Span. mezquila, from Arab. masjid, sajada, to adore)

mosque, which was sometimes enclosed with a

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SCREEN (usually, but very doubtfully, connected with Lat. scrinium, a box for holding books, from scribere, to write; a connexion with Ger. Schranke, barrier, has been suggested)

screen of lattice-

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WORK

work; the word is occasionally used for a similar enclosure

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ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

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TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

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