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

It received the name of Mozarabic, from having been in use by Christians living in the midst of Arabs, or Moors, and was not discontinued in the Church of Spain until A.D.

From A Key to the Knowledge of Church History (Ancient) by Blunt, John Henry

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 Huntington, William Reed

It is balanced at the south end of the facade by the pretty cupola and lantern of the Mozarabic Chapel, the work of the Greek Theotocopouli.

From Castilian Days by Hay, John

Martene observes that the rite of pouring chrism into the water is mentioned in all the ancient Gallican, Ambrosian, and Mozarabic liturgies.

From The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome by Baggs, Charles Michael