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

After the middle of the 18th century there were still traces of religious dancing in the cathedrals of Spain, Portugal and Roussillon—especially in the Mozarabic Mass of Toledo.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various

This brings us to perhaps the most interesting survival of the past that exists in Spain, the Mozarabic Mass, said every morning in the western end of Toledo Cathedral.

From Heroic Spain by O'Reilly, Elizabeth Boyle

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

Mozarabic, mō-zar′a-bik, adj. pertaining to the Mozarabes or Muzarabes, the Christian Spaniards who lived in the parts of Spain under Moorish rule, retaining their ancient liturgy.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various