Caaba

British  

/ ˈkɑːbə /

noun

1. a variant spelling of Kaaba

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Example Sentences

The prophet once more entered the sacred court-yard of the temple, and was borne sadly about the Caaba in Tawaf.

From The Days of Mohammed by Wilson, Anna May

These have been presented by pious pilgrims from all parts of the province and beyond; for, with the exception of the Caaba at Mecca, no earthly shrine attracts such multitudes, or receives such generous largesse.

From The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma by Croker, B. M. (Bithia Mary)

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 Beckford, William

Caaba, k�′a-ba, n. the Moslem Holy of Holies, a square building at Mecca, containing the famous Black Stone built into the south-east corner at a height convenient for being kissed.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Damascus is surnamed by theologians Bab el Kaaba, Gate of the Caaba; and there or at Bagdad, the traditional city of the Caliphs, he would build up once more a purely theocratic empire.

From The Future of Islam by Blunt, Wilfred Scawen