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caaba
Part of speech: NounA black sacred stone in the temple at Mecca, said to have been given by an angel to Abraham; the temple itself.
Usage examples "caaba":- The house, as we understand, stands to this day- hereafter to become a sort of artisan's caaba and pilgrim's station, only second to Burns's grave. - "Literary and General Lectures and Essays", Charles Kingsley.
- It consisted of the most reverend Moullahs, who had fulfilled their commission and brought back one of those precious besoms which are used to sweep the sacred Caaba: a present truly worthy of the greatest potentate on earth! - "The History of the Caliph Vathek", William Beckford.
- Here shall rise A holier than the Caaba where men kiss The sacred stone that flaming fell from heaven. - "The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems", H. L. Gordon.