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Mosque — (m[o^]sk), n. [F. mosqu[ e]e, Sp. mezquita, Ar. masjid, from sajada to bend, adore.] A Mohammedan church or place of religious worship. [Written also {mosk}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mosque — [mɔsk US ma:sk] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: mosquee, from Old Spanish mezquita, from Arabic masjid, from sajada to lie face downward ] a building in which Muslims worship … Dictionary of contemporary English
mosque — [ mask ] noun count * a building in which Muslims worship … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
mosque — (n.) 1717, earlier moseak (c.1400), also mosquee (16c.), probably in part from M.Fr. mosquée, from It. moschea, earlier moscheta, from Sp. mesquita (modern mezquita), from Arabic masjid temple, place of worship, from sajada he worshipped + prefix … Etymology dictionary
mosque — [n] temple cathedral, chapel, church, holy place, house of God, house of worship, masjid, place of worship, sanctuary, shrine, synagogue, tabernacle; concepts 368,439 … New thesaurus
mosque — ► NOUN ▪ a Muslim place of worship. ORIGIN French, from Arabic … English terms dictionary
mosque — [mäsk] n. [Early ModE muskey < MFr mosquez < It moschea, ult. < Ar masjid, place of adoration, temple < sajada, to prostrate oneself, pray] a Muslim temple or place of worship … English World dictionary
Mosque — A modern style mosque built on water in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia … Wikipedia
mosque — /mosk, mawsk/, n. a Muslim temple or place of public worship. [1600 10; earlier mosquee < MF < It moschea Ar masjid, deriv. of sajada to worship, lit., prostrate oneself; the ee seems to have been taken as dim. suffix and dropped] * * * I Islamic … Universalium
Mosque No. 7 — Malcolm Shabazz Mosque No. 7 in a 2009 photograph Mosque No. 7 was the mosque in Harlem where Malcolm X preached until he left the Nation of Islam in 1964. Opened as Temple No. 7 of the Nation of Islam at the Harlem YMCA in 1946, it was just a… … Wikipedia
mosque */ — UK [mɒsk] / US [mɑsk] noun [countable] Word forms mosque : singular mosque plural mosques a building in which Muslims worship … English dictionary
