MOSQUE


Meaning of MOSQUE in English

/mosk, mawsk/ , n.

a Muslim temple or place of public worship.

[ 1600-10; earlier mosquee moschea masjid, deriv. of sajada to worship, lit., prostrate oneself; the -ee seems to have been taken as dim. suffix and dropped ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .