mosque

[mosk, mawsk]

noun

1. a Muslim temple or place of public worship.

mosque

/ mɒsk /

noun

1. Also called: masjid.  musjid. a Muslim place of worship, usually having one or more minarets and often decorated with elaborate tracery and texts from the Koran

mosque

1. A Muslim house of worship with at least one minaret, a tall, slender tower with balconies, used for calling the faithful to prayer.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mosque¹

1600–10; earlier mosquee < Middle French < Italian moschea ≪ Arabic masjid, derivative of sajada to worship, literally, prostrate oneself; the -ee seems to have been taken as diminutive suffix and dropped

Word History and Origins

Origin of mosque¹

C14: earlier mosquee, from Old French via Italian moschea, ultimately from Arabic masjid temple, place of prostration

Example Sentences

A Catholic priest who admitted discussing bombing mosques and shooting black people in the head in neo-Nazi online chatrooms has been sentenced to a 12-month community order.

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Luckily, I had another suggestion: a visit to the brightly painted wooden mosques that dot the Adjara hills.

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He has called for a ban of the Quran and the closing of mosques.

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In September, an RSF strike killed dozens of people who were praying in a mosque in El Fasher, according to United Nations officials.

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"At one point, the jihadists tried to recruit here, talking to people in the mosques. But we haven't seen them for a while now."

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