Definition of Caaba:

part of speech: noun

A black sacred stone in the temple at Mecca, said to have been given by an angel to Abraham; the temple itself.

Usage examples:

• Here shall rise A holier than the Caaba where men kiss The sacred stone that flaming fell from heaven. H. L. Gordon in "The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems".

• The house, as we understand, stands to this day- hereafter to become a sort of artisan's caaba and pilgrim's station, only second to Burns's grave. Charles Kingsley in "Literary and General Lectures and Essays".

• Kneeling before her, I kissed, with more studied reverence than the sacred stone of the Caaba the tiny foot on which I replaced its covering. Percy Greg in "Across the Zodiac".

• It consisted of the most reverend Moullahs, who had fulfilled their commission and brought back one of those precious besoms which are used to sweep the sacred Caaba a present truly worthy of the greatest potentate on earth! William Beckford in "The History of the Caliph Vathek".