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Mudéjar

[moo-the-hahr]

noun

plural

Mudéjares 
  1. a Muslim permitted to remain in Spain after the Christian reconquest, especially during the 8th to the 13th centuries.



adjective

  1. of or relating to a style of Spanish architecture from the 13th to 16th centuries, a fusion of Romanesque and Gothic with Arabic.

Mudéjar

/ muˈðɛxar /

noun

  1. medieval history a Spanish Moor, esp one permitted to stay in Spain after the Christian reconquest

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or relating to a style of architecture orginated by Mudéjares

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Mudéjar1

1860–65; < Spanish < Arabic muddajjan permitted to stay
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Mudéjar1

from Arabic mudajjan one permitted to remain

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