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.