Imaret
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noun.
An inn or hostel for pilgrims in Turkey.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A kind of hospice or hostelry for the free accommodation of Mohammedan pilgrims and other travelers in the Turkish empire.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A lodging house for Mohammedan pilgrims.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
An
Ottoman
soup kitchen
built between the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries, often part of a larger
complex
or
waqf
.
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noun.
a hostel for pilgrims in Turkey
Word Usage
"Kavala also has a beautiful "imaret" - a type of charity association built during the Ottoman period."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
auberge
hostel
hostelry
inn
lodge