Caaba
Usage examples for Caaba:
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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 -
Kneeling before her, I kissed, with more studied reverence than the sacred stone of the Caaba the tiny foot on which I replaced its covering.
"Across the Zodiac" – Percy Greg -
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