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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 437 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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MIHRAB , a See also:

TERM

term in See also:

MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan See also:

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

architecture given to the See also:

NICHE (through Fr. niche from Ital. nicchia, nicchio, shell; possibly from Lat. mitulus, a sea-mussel; cf. " napkin " from mappa)

niche which in a See also:

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

mosque indicates the direction of See also:

MECCA (Arab. Makkah)

Mecca, towards which the Moslems turn when praying .

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