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noun
A building where Shia Muslims gather to mourn the death of Husayn ibn Ali in the month of Muharram.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: takya, imambara
Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from Arabic حُسَيْنِيَّة f (ḥusayniyya), from حُسَيْن (ḥusayn).
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