Ziggurat Synonyms

zĭgə-răt
A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. zikkurat
  2. zikurat

Words Related to Ziggurat

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. ziggurats
  2. khufu
  3. mastaba

Ziggurat Sentence Examples

  • Access to the stages of the ziggurat, from the court beneath, was had by an inclined plane on the south-east side.

  • In the west corner stood a temple, with a stagetower (ziggurat) adjoining.

  • The approach to this ziggurat was toward the north-east, and on this side lay also the principal rooms of the temple of which this was the tower.

  • The city was divided into two parts by a canal, on an island in which stood the temple, E-mach, with a ziggurat, or stage tower.

  • To the north-east of the ziggurat stood, apparently, the House of Bel, and in the courts below the ziggurat stood various other buildings, shrines, treasure chambers and the like.

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