MUDEJAR


Meaning of MUDEJAR in English

I. müˈtheˌhär noun

( plural mudeja·res -_hä(ˌ)rās)

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Spanish mudéjar, from Arabic mudajjan, literally, allowed to remain

: a Muslim living under a Christian king especially during the 8th to 11th centuries but retaining his religion, laws, and customs

II. adjective

Usage: usually capitalized

: of, relating to, or characteristic of the Mudejars and especially of their architecture

cloisters separated from green gardens and fountains by delicate Gothic tracery or Mudejar colonnades — S.E.Morison

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.