mosque
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- 17
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- 19
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Definition of mosque
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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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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