zayathttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zayat_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezayat, n.
First published 1921; not fully revised

zayatnoun

  1. 1823–
    A public hall or shed for worship, meetings, or shelter.
    1. 1823
      The Zayat, the Burman name for a place for public worship, was erected.
      A. H. Judson, Account Amer. Baptist Mission Burman Empire 145
    2. 1852
      In April 1819 the first zayat was opened for Christian worship.
      H. W. Pierson, American Missionary Mem. 89
    3. 1906
      They went straight to the zayat, the strangers' rest-house.
      Blackwood's Magazine August 230/2

zayat, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zayat, n. was last modified in December 2024.