prayer mat
noun [C]Definition
› a small piece of thick cloth on which a Muslim goes down on his knees and bends his body down to the ground when prayingIslam
(Definition of prayer mat noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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