[ mu:'deɪhα: ]
■ adjective
1》 of or denoting a style of architecture and art incorporating Gothic and Islamic elements, prevalent in Spain in the 12th to 15th centuries.
2》 relating to Muslim subjects of Christian monarchs during the reconquest of the Iberian peninsula from the Moors.
■ noun ( plural ~es -reɪz ) a ~ subject.
Origin
via Sp. from Arab. mudajjan 'allowed to stay'.