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mosque Definition

mosque (mäsk)

noun

a Muslim temple or place of worship

Etymology: Early ModE muskey < MFr mosquez < It moschea, ult. < Ar masjid, place of adoration, temple < sajada, to prostrate oneself, pray

mosque Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • build: He had hundreds of mosques built all over the Iraq.
  • attend: As many as 1,000 people attend the mosque to pray there during the Ramadan season.
  • burn: I grew up with violence; I saw villages, churches and mosques burnt with people inside them.

Noun used with modifier

  • village: The older system is a religious one, taught by the mullahs, who conduct schools in the village mosques.

Adjective modifier

  • sacred: If you claim that it is Mecca, can you produce a single verse stating that the sacred mosque is located there?
  • Turkish: He watched the kites circling the tall spires of the Turkish mosque in Saladin's citadel, then looked across to the railroad station.
  • nearby: In fact, there was a nearby mosque that was under the patronage of my mother's family.

Modifies a noun

  • compound: Inside the mosque, all the vehicles parked up in the mosque compound.
  • committee: Mosque Committees I would imagine that a lot of...
  • architecture: The architectural development of the Moslem pulpit is one of the most interesting chapters in the history of mosque architecture 11.
  • complex: Early Ottoman Architecture and Classical Archeology: Mosque Complexes and Archeology Museum in Manisa.
  • leader: This fall-off in observance has forced first-generation mosque leaders and leaders of Islamic associations to rethink their ways of working.

Preposition: in

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