ribat
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɒt
Noun edit
ribat (plural ribats)
- (chiefly historical) A border or frontier guardpost.
- (chiefly historical) A caravanserai or inn in, converted from, or resembling such a guardpost.
- (historical) The duty of some men to serve at such posts.
- (Islam, figurative) The duty of all Muslims to defend and/or retake Islamic lands.
- A Sufi monastery.
- (chiefly historical) An Islamic convent.