noun
- plural of muezzin; Islamic officials who call Muslims to prayer from a mosque
Usage: Islamic religious context
Examples
- The muezzins called the faithful to prayer five times daily.
- Several muezzins served the large mosque in the city center.
- The voices of the muezzins echoed across the neighborhood at dawn.
- Traditional muezzins climbed the minaret to make their calls.
- Modern mosques often use recordings instead of live muezzins.
- The muezzins began their melodic call to evening prayer.