mosque

[ mosk, mawsk ]

noun

1. a Muslim temple or place of public worship.

mosque

/ mɒsk /

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

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.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of mosque¹

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

Example Sentences

In towns and cities across England, buildings were vandalised, including mosques and hotels housing asylum seekers.

From BBC

Other religions across the Western isles include Catholic, particularly in the southern isles including Barra, and there is a mosque in Stornoway.

From BBC

In his call to authorities about the mosque, he claimed that he had an illegally modified AR-15, a Glock 17 pistol, pipe bombs and Molotov cocktails.

From Los Angeles Times

In 2011, Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard Beech and Foster ran a pipe into the mosque from a nearby gas meter in a bid to spark an explosion.

From BBC

A five-judge bench, which included Justice Chandrachud, ruled in 2019 that the demolition was illegal, but still gave the disputed land to Hindus and a separate site for the mosque to be built.

From BBC

Related Words

• chapel
• church
• holy place
• house of worship
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• synagogue