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What is a marabout?

What is a marabout? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A Muslim holy man or mystic, especially in parts of North Africa. [from 17th c.]
  2. The tomb or shrine of such a person. [from 19th c.]
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A holy man, or marabout, denned on the top and we must pay our respects.
Did the marabout appoint Toudja as the place to make the exchange, or was it you?
The text centers on the compound of one marabout whose home is filled both inside and out with devotional imagery and serves as a site for the meetings of talibes.
At the initial condolence ceremony, the marabout officiates, transmitting his religious blessing or benediction to the guests.
But the marabout was away, and no one ever came out on his roof when he was absent.
The marabout demanded without ceremony where were the prisoners.

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