muezzin

[ myoo-ez-in, moo- ]

/ myuˈɛz ɪn, mu- /

the crier who, from a minaret or other high part of a mosque, at stated hours five times daily, intones aloud the call summoning Muslims to prayer.

Origin of muezzin

1575–85; < Turkish müezzin < Arabic mu'adhdhin

In my youth, you heard, side-by-side, the church bells ringing and the beautiful, sonorous call to prayer of the muezzin.

Wole Soyinka's British Problem |Tunku Varadarajan |January 31, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
As I descended I heard, thin and faint and beautiful, like the cry of a wild bird, the muezzin from the minarets of Erzerum.

Greenmantle |John Buchan
Alcazar chansons rang out from the cafes, while in their midst stood the mosque, that had used to resound with the Muezzin.

Under Two Flags |Ouida [Louise de la Ramee]
Five times a day the voice of the muezzin calls them to prayer.

From Egypt to Japan |Henry M. Field

It was almost just that he should have the wealth of the cathedral from which he had driven away the mufti and muezzin.

The Eighteen Christian Centuries |James White
Again at sunset I shall sit in the vast temple of Luxor and hear once more the Muezzin's call to prayer.

The Ship Dwellers |Albert Bigelow Paine

muezzin

/ (muːˈɛzɪn) /

Islam the official of a mosque who calls the faithful to prayer five times a day from the minaret

C16: changed from Arabic mu'adhdhin