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mosque

[ mosk, mawsk ]

noun

  1. a Muslim temple or place of public worship.


mosque

/ ɒ /

noun

  1. a Muslim place of worship, usually having one or more minarets and often decorated with elaborate tracery and texts from the Koran Also calledmasjidmusjid
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mosque

  1. A Muslim house of worship with at least one minaret, a tall, slender tower with balconies, used for calling the faithful to prayer.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mosque1

1600–10; earlier mosquee < Middle French < Italian moschea Arabic masjid, derivative of sajada to worship, literally, prostrate oneself; the -ee seems to have been taken as diminutive suffix and dropped
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mosque1

C14: earlier mosquee, from Old French via Italian moschea, ultimately from Arabic masjid temple, place of prostration
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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.

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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.

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It left officers exposed to "significant risk", the Home Affairs Committee said, in disorder that saw attacks on hotels housing asylum seekers and mosques.

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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.

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Since then, mosques in both Deraa and Damascus have reportedly called for jihad against Israeli forces.

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