Mudejar Definition

mo͝o-thĕhär
mudejar
noun
A Muslim who remained in Spain after it had been reconquered by the Christians in the Middle Ages.
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(uncountable) A style of Iberian architecture and decoration of the 12th to 16th centuries.

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adjective
Of or relating to a style of Spanish architecture of the 12th to the 17th century, combining Moorish and Gothic forms.
American Heritage

Of or pertaining to the Moors of Al-Andalus who remained in Christian territory after the Reconquista but were not converted to Christianity.

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Other Word Forms of Mudejar

Noun

Singular:
Mudejar
Plural:
mudjares

Origin of Mudejar

  • Spanish from Arabic mudajjan permitted to remain, Mudéjar passive participle of dajjana to allow to remain from dajana to remain, stay dgn in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Spanish mudéjar, from Arabic مدجن (mudájjan, “domesticated”), from the verb دجّن (dájjana, “to tame”), from دجن (dájana, “to become accustomed”).

    From Wiktionary

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