Mimas (mim as)

[NL., beetle, Scarabæus mim as. mimbar, minbar (mim'-, min'bär), n. [Turk. minber = Pers. Hind. mimbar, pulpit.) The pulpit in a mosque. It consisted originally of a plain low platform approached by three steps, but is now often an elevated structure surmounted by a richly ornamented canopy. It differs from a pulpit especially in that it is entered by stairs in front instead of at the side in the rear. See cut in next column.