prop. n. (Hinduism) An unknown god; an epithet of Prajapati and Brahma. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. (Ancient Egyptian Religion) A spiritual aspect of the individual, living within the body during life, and surviving the body after death. It was believed to be one of two spirits inhabiting the body, the other being the
prop. n. [ Ar. ka'bah, lit., a square building, fr. ka'b cube. ] The small and nearly cubical stone building, in the court of the Great Mosque at Mecca, toward which all Muslims must pray. It contains a sacred black stone, believed by Muslims to be one of the precious stones of paradise, and to have been brought to Abraham when he was contructing the Kaaba, by the Angel Gabriel. The Kaaba itself predates Mohammed, having been a pantheon which contained Arab idols, which were destroyed by Mohammed.
n. (Zool.) The hartbeest. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Cabala. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) See Cabassou. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. & v. t. See Cabob, n. & v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (min.) A clay ironstone found in Ceylon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Ar. qabīla. ] (Ethnol.) A Berber, as in Algiers or Tunis. See Berber. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. Caddow. ] (Zool.) The jackdaw.