Mozarabic

[ moh-zar-uh-bik ]

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.

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Mozarabic¹

First recorded in 1700–10; Mozarab + -ic

Example Sentences

Since the 11th century, “Sarum blue” was used for that rite, and the Mozarabic church dates the use of the color blue to the eighth century.

From Washington Post

After dinner we sat comfortably before the kitchen fire and discussed the Mozarabic rite and why yellow was no longer a liturgical color for confessors.

From Project Gutenberg

This first morning of my visit, too, a group of hardy countrymen came to the Mozarabic Mass; with cap in hand and cloak flung toga-like over their muscular shoulders, they knelt on one knee, as instinctively graceful as the shepherds in Murillo's "Nativity."

From Project Gutenberg

His sumptuous way of life was continued by his son, who built the cupola that covers the Mozarabic Chapel of the Cathedral.

From Project Gutenberg

Mozarabic means Mixt-Arab, and is the name applied to the Christians who were under Moorish rule.

From Project Gutenberg