muezzinlike

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English

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Etymology

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From muezzin +‎ -like.

Adjective

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muezzinlike (comparative more muezzinlike, superlative most muezzinlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a muezzin.
    • 2007 May 26, Nate Chinen, “Say Amen, Everybody, 15 Years Down the Line”, in New York Times[1]:
      Collectivism is a major point of the piece, but there’s ample space for individual statements, both notated and improvised. Mr. Marsalis played a muezzinlike trumpet part early on, in “Call to Prayer.”