taʿziyah

[ tuh-zee-yuh ]

noun(in Shiʿite Islam)
  1. a passion play commemorating the martyrdom of Hussein, grandson of Muhammad and son of Ali and Fatima, on the tenth of Muharram, a.d. 680.

Origin of taʿziyah

1
From the Arabic word taʿziyah literally, consolation

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