zikkurat,
- a variation of ziggurat.
Example Sentences
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Within the temple area and bordering on it there were smaller shrines, while in front of the zikkurat there was a large open place, where the pilgrims who flocked to the sacred city, congregated.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris
House of the Seven Divisions of Heaven and Earth, name of zikkurat at Borsippa, 639.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris
Bur-Sin, repairs zikkurat and builds shrine in Nippur, 645.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris
The thought of adding a symbol of the apsu belongs, accordingly, to the period when this view of the zikkurat was generally recognized.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris
The significance of the zikkurat, or seven-staged tower, has already been discussed.
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia
