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Missal vs Miskal - What's the difference?

missal | miskal |

As nouns the difference between missal and miskal

is that missal is a prayer book while miskal is a unit of weight in the Islamic world, usually taken as equivalent to 4.25 grams, used especially to weigh precious metals.

missal

English

Noun

(wikipedia missal) (en noun)
  • A prayer book
  • A book containing the prayers and responses needed when celebrating the Roman Catholic Mass throughout the year

    • Anagrams

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    miskal

    English

    Alternative forms

    * mithqal

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A unit of weight in the Islamic world, usually taken as equivalent to 4.25 grams, used especially to weigh precious metals.
  • A coin originally having such a weight.
  • * 1885': The Wazir brought him and the King said, "Give him a thousand '''miskals of gold from the treasury, and load him ten camels with goods for trade, and send him under escort to his own town." — Sir Richard Burton, ''The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night , Night 13