ibn Gabirol

or ibn-Ga·bi·ral

[ ib-uhn gah-bee-rawl ]

/ ˌɪb ən gɑˈbi rɔl /

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noun

Arabic name of Avicebrón.

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Words nearby ibn Gabirol

ibn-al-Arabi, Ibn al-Haytham, ibn ʿArabi, ibn-Batuta, ibn-Ezra, ibn Gabirol, ibn Hanbal, ibn Khaldun, ibn Rushd, ibn Saud, ibn Sina

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How to use ibn Gabirol in a sentence

One of the most important rooms in the temple is the shrine of Sheik Adi ibn Musafir.
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Since the death of ibn Saud in 1953, succession has moved only among his sons.
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In that attack, the Scooter Killer's first, the paratrooper, Ibn Ziaten, had sought to sell his Suzuki Bandit motorcycle.
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The soldier killed in Toulouse, Imad Ibn-Ziaten, 30, was of Moroccan origin.
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This phrase, says Ibn Khallikan, afterwards became a proverb.
A Boswell of Baghdad|E. V. Lucas
Thus the cautious encyclopædia; but Ibn Khallikan has no such hesitancy.
A Boswell of Baghdad|E. V. Lucas
I have not borrowed much from Ibn Khallikan's heroics, but this is good.
A Boswell of Baghdad|E. V. Lucas
It is in the sect of Abdullah ibn Maymūn that we must seek the model for Weishaupt's system of organization.
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The remarks of Ibn Batuta (c. 1332) already suggest the present state of things, viz.
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British Dictionary definitions for ibn Gabirol

ibn-Gabirol

/ (ˌɪbənˌɡɑːˈbiːrɔːl) /

noun

Solomon. ?1021–?58, Jewish philosopher and poet, born in Spain. His work The Fountain of Life influenced Western medieval philosophers

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