Persian · noun · Faith & Sacred History
Kaleesa
कलीसा
said ka-LEE-sa
also written: Kalisa, Kaneesa
Meaning
A church; the Christian house of worship.
Usage & notes
Iqbal references the kaleesa as one of the houses of faith alongside the mosque and the temple, often within his meditations on the unity beneath religions' surface forms. It marks the Christian presence in his panorama of belief.
Related words
PERSIAN
Dair
A temple or monastery, especially of the Magians or idolaters; the tavern-shrine of the free lover.
ARABIC
Haram
The sacred sanctuary, especially the precinct of the Kaaba; a place of inviolable holiness.
PERSIAN
Butkhaana
An idol-temple; in mystic verse the shrine of beauty where the lover worships the beloved's form.