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‖ mihrab|mɪxˈrɑːb|
Also 9 mehhra'b, mehrab, mehreb, mirhab.
[Arab. miḥrāb praying-place.]
1. A niche, chamber, or slab in a mosque, indicating the direction of Mecca. Cf. kiblah.
1816H. M. Williams tr. Ali Bey's Travels II. xvi. 217 In the wall at the end of the nave is the mehreb or niche where the Imam places himself to direct the prayer. 1836E. W. Lane Acct. Manners & Customs Mod. Egyptians I. iii. 94 In the centre of its exterior wall is the mehhra'b (or niche). 1839J. Pardoe Beauties Bosphorus 81 The mihrab, or niche at the eastern extremity of the edifice. 1845R. Ford Hand-bk. for Travellers Spain I. 376/1 The exquisite niche, the Mihrab or sanctuary, in which the Koran was deposited. 1883E. O'Donovan Merv xx. 242 A large deep recess, furnished with a mirhab, or devotional station. 1884F. Boyle On Borderland betwixt Fact & Fancy 384 The Sayyid took his station at the mihrab. 1930E. Waugh Labels 141 Agia Sophia..whose whole architectural rectitude has been fatally disturbed by the reorientation of the mihrab. 1931N. & Q. 17 Oct. 271/1 The charm of the mosque with its mirhab—a false door, and its arcades—which carry nothing. 1959Chambers's Encycl. VII. 763/2 The liwan on the side nearest to Mecca was much deeper than the others and formed a sanctuary with a central niche (mihrab) in its back wall. 1974Observer (Colour Suppl.) 24 Nov. 43/2 The focal point of a mosque is the mihrab, a niche in the wall nearest to Mecca to which the congregation turns in prayer.
2. A niche motif on an Oriental prayer rug, resembling the shape of a mihrab in a mosque.
1911G. G. Lewis Pract. Bk. Oriental Rugs x. 121 Niche or Mihrab.., the name applied to the pointed design at one end of a prayer rug. 1931A. U. Dilley Oriental Rugs & Carpets viii. 201 Above this field is either one large prayer niche (called a mihrab), shaped like a tent, or a row of miniature prayer niches. 1963tr. I. Schlosser's European & Oriental Rugs & Carpets 28 The mihrab, at first curved, later became steep and pointed... Scrolling stems with large flowers, or small branches..fill the border, the spandrels, and the cross panel which is usually above the mihrab. 1972P. L. Phillips tr. Formenton's Oriental Rugs & Carpets 93 The mihrab, the niche in the centre of the rug, is often separated by two columns. |