Meaning & use
salat
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The ritual prayer performed by Muslims five times a day, facing toward Mecca.
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He paused his work to perform salat at the mosque down the street.
Salat is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.
A note on using this word
The Arabic term is often anglicized as 'salah' or 'salat'; both spellings appear in English writing about Islam.
Words with a similar meaning
salah
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