See also:

• MARABOUT (the French form of the Arab. murdbit, " one who pickets his horse on a hostile frontier "; cf. Portug.marabute; Span. morabito)

MARABOUT (the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the Arab. murdbit, " one who pickets his See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse on a hostile frontier "; cf. Portug.marabute; Span. morabito)  , in See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion a See also:

• HERMIT

hermit or devotee . The word is derived from ribdt, a fortified frontier station . To such stations pious men betook them to win religious merit in See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war against the infidel; their leisure was spent in devotion, and the habits of the See also:

• CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent superseded those of the See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp (see M'G . De Slane in Jour . As., 1842, i . 168; See also:

• DOZY, REINHART PIETER ANNE (182o-1883)

Dozy, Suppl. i . 502) . Thus ribdt came to mean a religious See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house or See also:

• HOSPICE (Lat. hospitium, entertainment, hospitality, inn, hospes, host)

hospice (zdwiya) . The See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• SPHERE (Gr. vclsa?pa, a ball or globe)

sphere of the marabouts is See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa . There it was that the community formed by Yahya b . See also:

• IBRAHIM

Ibrahim and the See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor Abdullah See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed into the conquering See also:

• EMPIRE

empire of the Mutabits, or, as See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian writers See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call them, the See also:

• ALMORAVIDES (properly Murabtis, the name being corrupted through the Spanish)

ALMORAVIDES (q.v.), and there still, among the See also:

• BERBERS

Berbers, the marabouts enjoy extraordinary See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence, being esteemed as living See also:

• SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

saints and mediators . They are liberally supported by See also:

• ALMS

alms, See also:

• DIRECT

direct all popular assemblies, and have a decisive See also:

• VOICE (Fr. voix, from Lat. vox)

voice in intertribal quarrels and all matters of consequence .

On their See also:

• DEATH

death their sanctity is transferred to their tombs (also called marabouts), where chapels are erected and gifts and prayers offered . The marabouts took a prominent See also:

• PART

part in the resistance offered to the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French by the Algerian Moslems; and they have been similarly active in politico-religious movements in See also:

• TUNISIA (Regency of Tunis)

Tunisia and See also:

• TRIPOLI
• TRIPOLI (Tarabulus el-Gharb, i.e. Tripoli of the West)
• TRIPOLI, or TARABULUS (anc. Tripolis)

Tripoli . See L .