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Mosque definition

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A building used as a place of Muslim worship.
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A Muslim temple or place of worship.
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The definition of a mosque is a Muslim place of worship.

An example of a mosque is the Friday Mosque of Herat.

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(Islam) A place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid.

There's an Ahmadiyya mosque near to where I live.

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mosque
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Origin of mosque

  • French mosquée from Old French mousquaie from Old Italian moschea from moscheta from Old Spanish mezquita from Arabic masjid masjid

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

  • From French mosquée, from Italian moschea, ultimately from Arabic مَسْجِدٌ (masjid, literally “place of prostration").

    From Wiktionary

Mosque Sentence Examples

  • Her mosque was built in 1418.

  • He must not sit in a mosque, except under necessity, but in some open, accessible place.

  • Of the principal mosques the large Buyuk Djamia, with nine metal cupolas, has become the National Museum; the Tcherna Djamia or Black Mosque, latterly used as a prison, has been transformed into a handsome church; the Banyabashi Djamia, with its picturesque minaret, is still used by Moslem worshippers.

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