mosque

American  

[mosk, mawsk] / mɒsk, mɔsk /

noun

1. a Muslim temple or place of public worship.

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mosque British  

/ 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

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mosque Cultural  

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

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Etymology

Origin of mosque

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

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Example Sentences

He is standing outside a mosque in Mtwapa, a town outside Mombasa.

From BBC

When challenged, they said they were looking for a local mosque.

From BBC

Emergency services were called to the blaze at the Phyllis Avenue mosque late on 4 October.

From BBC

But most of the communal prayer events were canceled, with only one large gathering held in the Grand Mosalla mosque.

From Los Angeles Times

The mosque was hosting a community Iftar: the evening meal that marks the end of daily fasting in Ramadan.

From BBC

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