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noun
(among the ancient Babylonians and Assyrians) a temple of Sumerian origin in the form of a pyramidal tower, consisting of a number of stories and having about the outside a broad ascent winding round the structure, presenting the appearance of a series of terraces.
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Ziggurat
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ziggurat
1877, from Assyrian ziqquratu "height, pinnacle," from zaqaru "to be high."
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