Mozarabic

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[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

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Example Sentences

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Mozarabic

In the Mozarabic Missal Benedicite occurs in the service for the first Sunday in Lent.

From The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study by William Heaford Daubney

The Mozarabic liturgy has been printed at     Rome in folio, by the care of F. Leeley, a Scotch Jesuit.

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

In the rite of death-bed penance given in the old Mozarabic Christian ritual of Spain, ashes were poured over the sick man.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

As a matter of fact the Benedictus es Domine was sung daily in the Ambrosian Rite at Matins, and is found also in the Mozarabic Breviary.

From A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer by William Reed Huntington

When     the Saracens or Arabians became masters of Spain, the Christians of     that country were called Mixt-Arabs, and their liturgy, Mozarabic.

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

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