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mosque
[ mosk, mawsk ]
noun
- a Muslim temple or place of public worship.
mosque
/ ɒ /
noun
- a Muslim place of worship, usually having one or more minarets and often decorated with elaborate tracery and texts from the Koran Also calledmasjidmusjid
mosque
- A Muslim house of worship with at least one minaret, a tall, slender tower with balconies, used for calling the faithful to prayer.
Word History and Origins
Origin of mosque1
Word History and Origins
Origin of mosque1
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Example Sentences
Queues of cars were waiting to offload their rubbish, and the mosque had enrolled the services of teenagers on their Easter break to help with the unloading.
Rasel says he was approached by a group of men outside a mosque in Dhaka's old city last July, as anti-government protests raged.
It left officers exposed to "significant risk", the Home Affairs Committee said, in disorder that saw attacks on hotels housing asylum seekers and mosques.
In exchange for their money, she also made promises to donate millions of dollars to a mosque and a Muslim non-profit organisation in Singapore, the court heard.
Since then, mosques in both Deraa and Damascus have reportedly called for jihad against Israeli forces.
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