A muezzin is the man at a mosque whose job is to call Muslims to prayer. In older times he often stood on a tall tower; now many places use a loudspeaker, but the job is the same. The call follows set words, at set times of day. English took the word through Turkish from Arabic, where it means “the one who calls (to prayer)”. It names that role, not a general singer, and not a Christian priest. Though actually, in a small community another person at the mosque may take a turn with the call; the word still points to that calling job, not to every religious leader. It is a specific, respectful term, more at home in news and teaching than in joking talk.

宣禮員（清真寺裡呼喚大家來禮拜的人；不要說成「牧師」）