mosque

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Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
19
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/mɑsk/
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/mɑsk/ · /mɒsk/

Definition of mosque

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid.
    “There's a mosque near where I live.”
    “The demolition of two mosques in India within days of each other has highlighted the deep religious divide in the country, months before voters head to the polls for a nationwide election that is expected to hand Prime Minister Narendra Modi a rare third term in power.”
    “One Terrorgram user livestreamed himself stabbing five people outside of a mosque in Turkey, she said, and a 19-year-old Slovakian man praised the group in a manifesto before killing two people at an LGBTQ bar in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia.”

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Etymology

From Middle French mosquée, from Italian moschea, ultimately from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid, literally “place of prostration”). Doublet of masjid.

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