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n. - (Islam) a black stone building in Mecca that is shaped like a cube and that is the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine.

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  • Caaba, which is often called, by way of excellence, the house.
  • Suras–the Cave, Mary, Imran, Repentance, T, H, are woven into the Kiswah or covering of the Caaba, which is renewed annually.
  • The elders of the city, the uncles of the prophet, affected to despise the presumption of an orphan, the reformer of his country: the pious orations of Mahomet in the...
  • H That is, the Caaba, which is usually called, by way of eminence, the
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