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▪ I. ‖ marabout|ˈmærəbuːt|
Forms: 7 maribot(t, marybot, -buck, morabit, marabot, morabot, marabou, 8 marabbot(h, marabbutt, marahbut, marabote, marbut, 9 marabut, 7– marabout.
[repr. Arab. murābiṭ hermit, monk. The mod. Eng. form is from Fr. Cf. Pg. marabute, Sp. morabito.]
1. A Muslim hermit or monk, particularly amongst the Arabs and Berbers of North Africa.
a1623R. Jobson in Purchas Pilgrims (1625) II. ix. 1572 Their Marybucks or Bassareas, are their Priests or Religious persons. c1645Howell Lett. (1650) II. xi. 11 Their Hoggies, Magitians and Maribotts, were tampring with the ill Spirit of the Air. 1660F. Brooke tr. Le Blanc's Trav. 15 In a certain place there, the Marabouts immolate at this time. 1704J. Pitts Acc. Mohammetans 12 The Marabbot or Saint. 1863R. F. Burton Wand. W. Afr. I. 172 The Marabut, who does not drink, and the Soninki, or Sonalki, who does. 1903E. J. Dillon in Contemp. Rev. Feb. 281 Marabouts foretold the coming of divine wrath.
2. A shrine marking the burial-place of a marabout.
1859J. W. Blakesley 4 Months Alg. ii. 25 Besides the mosques, there are several marabouts in Algiers and the neighbourhood. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Marabut... Small edifices on Barbary headlands, occupied by a priest. 1881Times 10 May 5 The French troops took yesterday the Sidi-Adallah-Ben-Djemel, which is the most venerated marabout in all Tunis.
▪ II. marabout, marabu
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