masjid
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of masjid
Arabic; see mosque
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Example Sentences
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The mosque founded a half-century ago is a place for spirituality, Hasan says, but worshippers must live in America — not the masjid.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2021
One of the first was built in 1929, by Syrian and Lebanese homesteaders who constructed a masjid in Ross, N.D., a mosque that still exists today.
From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2020
The An-Noor Cultural Center and masjid, or mosque, is located blocks from Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens, where patients have been dying from COVID-19 at an alarming rate.
From Washington Times • May 2, 2020
American flags were distributed at my masjid and prayers were recited for both the Muslim and non-Muslim New Yorkers who lost their lives that day.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2019
My parents and other adults at the masjid had given up trying to "save" her by getting the authorities involved.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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