Mozarabic

American  

[moh-zar-uh-bik] / moʊˈzær ə bɪk /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the Mozarabs.

   Mozarabic culture.

2. of or relating to a style of Spanish church architecture produced from the 9th to the 15th centuries and characterized chiefly by the horseshoe arch.

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noun

1. any of the Romance dialects, descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Visigothic kingdom, that were spoken in the portions of Spain under Moorish control, were strongly influenced by Arabic, and subsequently had a significant impact on the development of Spanish.

Etymology

Origin of Mozarabic

First recorded in 1700–10; Mozarab + -ic

Example Sentences

Gesualdo’s “Sicut Ovis” and “Ecce Vidimus Eum”; Allegri’s “Miserere Mei, Deus”; Mozarabic and Gregorian chants and other works.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2010

F. Flores     thinks the Mozarabic liturgy was that of the Roman and African     churches retained by St. Leander, without any alteration or mixture     from the Orientals, except certain very inconsiderable rites.

From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban

Let us, then, be thankful even for the Laon “Orosius,” for the Sacramentary of Gellone, and the Mozarabic Liturgies of Puy.

From Illuminated Manuscripts by Bradley, John William

Vers. 9-20 comprised the Gospel for Easter Monday in the old Spanish or Mozarabic Liturgy, for Easter Tuesday among the Syrian Jacobites, for Ascension Day among the Armenians.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose

Curious, elaborate, vaulted chapels—in one of which the Mozarabic rite, the ancient Gothic ritual prolonged under Moslem rule, is still occasionally celebrated—adjoin it to the east and south.

From Cathedrals of Spain by John A.