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

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

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

The old editor of the Mozarabic Liturgy, Fr.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various

The building is in excellent preservation, and until lately was used as a church of the Mozarabic sect.

From The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. by Wells, Nathaniel Armstrong

The mingling of the conquerors with the conquered gave rise to a mixed Mozarabic population.

From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park