| 单词 | zawiya |
| 释义 | ‖ zawiya|ˈzɑːwɪə|
Also zawia, zawiyah, zawya; zaouia.
[Arab. zāwiya (hence F. zaouia) corner, prayer room.]
In North Africa, a Muslim religious community or its mosque, usually containing the shrine of a holy person.
1836E. W. Lane Acct. Manners & Customs Mod. Egyptians II. xi. 190 These lights were not hung merely in honour of the Prophet: they were near a zawiyeh (or small mosque) in which is buried the sheykh Durweesh El-Ashmawee; and this night was his Moolid. 1874R. L. Playfair Handbk. Trav. Algeria ii. 70/2 The Djamäa, or rather Zaouia of Abd-er-Rahman eth-Thalebi..contains the tomb of that saint, who died in 1471. 1911Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 289/1 Kufra..is a centre of the Senūssite brotherhood, whose zawya (convent) at Jof, in Kebabo, ranks in importance with that of Jarabub. 1911D. S. Margoliouth Mohammedanism v. 184 A zawiyah, or ‘hermitage’ was offered him by the Pasha. 1924W. M. Sloane Greater France in Afr. viii. 166 The sacred colleges of the Moslem fraternities, zaouias, are the scenes of wild, maniacal, religious orgies. 1958N. Epton Saints & Sorcerers ii. 28 The sheikh (this word signifies either the head of a zaouia or of a tribe..) lives close to the zaouia with his family and the devotees. 1968T. Blunsum Libya x. 105 The zawias, or houses of learning and worship, were documentation centres where copies of the Koran were prepared for distribution. 1977Times 30 Apr. 11/3 Nefta..a village..whose roof lines are broken by the cupolas of mosques and zaouias. 1978J. Updike Coup (1979) iii. 122 Who was it used to tell reporters I was a zawiya Berber too pious to be seen? |
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