dhikr
[dik-er]
- a meeting of dervishes at which a phrase containing a name of God is chanted rhythmically to induce a state of ecstasy.
- each set of passages from the Koran so chanted, with its accompanying ritual.
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Origin of dhikr
< Arabic: recitation
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