Caaba

British  

/ ˈkɑːbə /

noun

1. a variant spelling of Kaaba

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Caaba

The "Caaba" is originally a black stone which is kissed or rubbed at Mecca.

From History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems by Allan Menzies

That part of the temple at Mecca which is chiefly revered, and, indeed, gives a sanctity to the rest, is a square stone building called the Caaba, probably from its quadrangular form.

From Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale by William Beckford

He bound himself by all the virtues of the Prophet, by the Korân, and by the holy Caaba, faithfully to observe the conditions he had laid down—in short, he almost swore too much.

From The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan by Bertram Mitford

And word came that Mohammed was coming,—coming, not in war, but in peace, on his first pilgrimage to the Caaba.

From The Days of Mohammed by Anna May Wilson

Here shall rise A holier than the Caaba where men kiss The sacred stone that flaming fell from heaven.

From The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems by Hanford Lennox Gordon