Muezzin is an English word with synonyms like announcer. Below you'll find 9 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Muezzin in a sentence
Muezzin meaning
The person who issues the call to prayer from one of the minarets of a mosque.
Synonyms of Muezzin
Using Muezzin
- The main meaning on this page is: The person who issues the call to prayer from one of the minarets of a mosque.
- Useful related words include: muazzin, muadhdhin, announcer.
- In the example corpus, muezzin often appears in combinations such as: the muezzin, muezzin at, first muezzin.
Context around Muezzin
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Muezzin
- In this selection, "muezzin" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, first, orthodox, caretaker, calling and calls stand out and add context to how "muezzin" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include is a muezzin at the and of the muezzin caretaker of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "muezzin" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with muezzin
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The muezzin’s call to prayer is regularly silenced to avoid disturbing Jews. (13 words)
The mosque is named after Bilal, one of Prophet Mohammed’s companions, who was the first muezzin of the world. (20 words)
The Prophet agreed and appointed Bilal Ibn Rabah, known for his beautiful voice, to be the first muezzin in Islam. (20 words)
Kansu is perhaps the most dominantly Mohammedan province in China, and here many different sects are found, and mosques with minarets used by the orthodox muezzin calling to prayer, and in one place veiled women are met with. (38 words)
Mr Maglad, who is a muezzin at the mosque - someone who calls Muslims to prayer - told the BBC it had "felt like someone was hitting me with a brick" when he was stabbed from behind. (35 words)
The Urban police claimed to have solved the mystery behind the December 29 murder of the ‘Muezzin’ (caretaker) of Noorani Mosque, Mohammad Farook (61), in Lalacheruvu area in Rajahmundry. (29 words)
Example sentences (9)
The muezzin at Masjid-e-Salar Mulk, where the graveyard is located, said that they noticed some people burying their dead in old graves.
Mr Maglad, who is a muezzin at the mosque - someone who calls Muslims to prayer - told the BBC it had "felt like someone was hitting me with a brick" when he was stabbed from behind.
The mosque is named after Bilal, one of Prophet Mohammed’s companions, who was the first muezzin of the world.
The Prophet agreed and appointed Bilal Ibn Rabah, known for his beautiful voice, to be the first muezzin in Islam.
The muezzin’s call to prayer is regularly silenced to avoid disturbing Jews.
The significance of the muezzin’s haunting cry, considering prophethood, prayer, politics and community is to present a more complete understanding of Islam.
The Urban police claimed to have solved the mystery behind the December 29 murder of the ‘Muezzin’ (caretaker) of Noorani Mosque, Mohammad Farook (61), in Lalacheruvu area in Rajahmundry.
Kansu is perhaps the most dominantly Mohammedan province in China, and here many different sects are found, and mosques with minarets used by the orthodox muezzin calling to prayer, and in one place veiled women are met with.
There is the "call for prayer" ( adhan ), where the muezzin calls for all the followers to stand together for the prayer.
Common combinations with muezzin
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the muezzin 5×
- muezzin at 2×
- first muezzin 2×