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Mudéjars

Mudéjars is the plural of Mudéjar.

Meaning of Mudéjar

Noun

Mudéjar (countable and uncountable, plural Mudéjars or Mudéjares)

  1. (countable) Any of the Moors of al-Andalus who remained in Christian territory after the Reconquista but were not converted to Christianity.
    • They came to be known as the Mudéjares- the corruption of Mudegelin, an opprobrious term bestowed upon them by the Moors, derived from the word Degel which we are told was equivalent to Antichrist.1901, Henry Charles Lea, The Moriscos of Spain: Their Conversion and Expulsion, page 2
  2. (uncountable) A style of Iberian architecture and decoration of the 12th to 16th centuries.

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Questions about Mudéjars

What is Mudéjars the plural of?
Mudéjars is the plural of Mudéjar.

Words near Mudéjars in the dictionary

  1. mudwrestler
  2. mudwrestlers
  3. mudwrestling
  4. Mudéjar
  5. Mudéjares
  6. Mudéjars
  7. mue
  8. mueang
  9. Mueang Phuket
  10. mueangs
  11. mued

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