Definition of Mozarabic in English:
Mozarabic
adjective məʊˈzarabɪkmoʊˈzɛrəbɪk
historical Relating to the Christian inhabitants of Spain under the Muslim Moorish kings.
Example sentencesExamples
- Through this point of contact, Mozarabic art transmitted Moorish features to the European Romanesque.
- In the Mozarabic liturgy the feast of Saint John fell on December 29.
- To complicate the matter further Benedict of Aniane, the ninth-century liturgical reformer, incorporated several prayers from the Mozarabic liturgy for the dead into the Roman liturgy.
- The Mozarabic liturgy had perfected the deathbed penance more than any other liturgy.
- The Visigothic Church developed a liturgical music, Mozarabic chant, used until its abolition in the 11th century.
Derivatives
noun ˌməʊzˈarəbmoʊˈzɛrəb
historical The masses, on the other hand, found it hard to live alongside Mozarabs and Jews.
Example sentencesExamples
- Because Agobard was himself a Mozarab, it is likely that he was particularly sensitive to the existence of Christian enslavement in al-Andalus.
- Their religious tolerance allowed Christians to co-exist with the Moors which led to the Mozarab culture.
- This is a medieval site dating from the 9th and 10th centuries, the most important part of which is the stone Mozarab temple of Bobastro.
- Later, in the tenth century, the Arabs created a Mozarab church.
- Among its slate and quartzite houses stands the church of Santiago, a Mozarab temple from the 10th century.
- To contact Christian Mozarabs and find out the conditions in which they lived, their means of livelihood and position in the community.
- They are Mozarab chess pieces at least from the first years of the 10th century, and very likely from the 9th century.
- The horseshoe arch had also been illustrated by Mozarabs in their illuminated manuscripts such as the one of Beatus of Lebana.
Origin
Late 17th century: from Spanish mozárabe (from Arabic musta‘rib, literally 'making oneself an Arab') + -ic.
Definition of Mozarabic in US English:
Mozarabic
adjectivemōˈzerəbikmoʊˈzɛrəbɪk
historical Relating to the Christian inhabitants of Spain under the Muslim Moorish kings.
Example sentencesExamples
- The Visigothic Church developed a liturgical music, Mozarabic chant, used until its abolition in the 11th century.
- To complicate the matter further Benedict of Aniane, the ninth-century liturgical reformer, incorporated several prayers from the Mozarabic liturgy for the dead into the Roman liturgy.
- Through this point of contact, Mozarabic art transmitted Moorish features to the European Romanesque.
- The Mozarabic liturgy had perfected the deathbed penance more than any other liturgy.
- In the Mozarabic liturgy the feast of Saint John fell on December 29.
Origin
Late 17th century: from Spanish mozárabe (from Arabic musta‘rib, literally ‘making oneself an Arab’) + -ic.