masjid
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of masjid
Arabic; see mosque
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Every Tuesday, he steps into the kitchen at the masjid, dons a white apron and throws the mini pies into the oven to raise money for the masjid.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2021
One of the first was built in 1929, by Syrian and Lebanese homesteaders who constructed a masjid in Ross, N.D., a mosque that still exists today.
From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2020
The An-Noor Cultural Center and masjid, or mosque, is located blocks from Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens, where patients have been dying from COVID-19 at an alarming rate.
From Washington Times • May 2, 2020
And praying at home will never replace praying shoulder to shoulder with other Muslims at the masjid.
From Slate • Apr. 23, 2020
One of the girls at the masjid complained that her mom basically used it as a nice way of saying no—“Mom, can I go to the movies tomorrow?”
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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