prayer rug

noun

: a small Oriental rug used by Muslims to kneel on when praying

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Two men, including a Hezbollah civil defense worker, hung a Lebanese flag atop the rubble and retrieved a prayer rug with an image of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Nov. 2024 Adams also uses prayer rugs to explore the imprints bodies leave behind. Julia Halperin, Robb Report, 15 July 2023 Leaving Al Aqsa, a group of yeshiva students spotted my Islamic prayer rug and hassled and heckled me all the way to the hotel. Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2023 Bring your own prayer rug. Alaa Elassar, CNN, 12 Apr. 2021 See all Example Sentences for prayer rug 

Word History

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of prayer rug was in 1851

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“Prayer rug.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prayer%20rug. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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