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mosque [mɒsk] n
(Non-Christian Religions / Islam) a Muslim place of worship, usually having one or more minarets and often decorated with elaborate tracery and texts from the Koran Also called masjid musjid [earlier mosquee, from Old French via Italian moschea, ultimately from Arabic masjid temple, place of prostration] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
mosque noun temple We go for prayers at the mosque five times a day. Translations mosque n → Moschee f n mosque [mosk] a Muslim place of worship. moskee مَسْجِد джамия mešita moské die Moschee τέμενος, τζαμί mezquita mošee مسجد moskeija mosquée מִסגָד मस्जिद džamija mecset masjid moska moschea 回教寺院 화교 사원 mečetė mošeja masjid moskee moské mesquita moschee мечеть mešita mošeja džamija moské สุเหร่า cami 清真寺 мечеть مسجد nhà thờ Hồi giáo 清真寺 mosque → جامع mešita moske Moschee τζαμί mezquita moskeija mosquée džamija moschea モスク 회교 사원 moskee moske meczet mesquita мечеть moské สุเหร่า cami đền thờ Hồi giáo 清真寺 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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from an English gentleman in the party checked the adventurer, and then we were informed that so dire a profanation is it for a Christian dog to set foot upon the sacred threshold of a Moorish mosque that no amount of purification can ever make it fit for the faithful to pray in again. And some three centuries ago, an English traveller in old Harris's Voyages, speaks of a Turkish Mosque built in honor of Jonah, in which mosque was a miraculous lamp that burnt without any oil. The pinnacle of the mosque had vanished, and the roof line of the college itself looked as if a hundred-ton gun had been at work upon it. |
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