Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
mosque .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
mosque .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A place of
worship forMuslims , corresponding to achurch orsynagogue in other religions, often having at least oneminaret ; amasjid .
Etymologies
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Examples
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You point is completely understood, tried and proven as a failure.but the cost in the long run is TARP, Obamacare, Cap and trade, Card Check…moratoriums on offshore drilling and nuclear power, debt beyond comprehension, a mosk at the twin tower sight…what more would you care to offer up to be a nice guy?
Christine O’Donnell: Why I’m running for U.S. Senate | RedState 2010
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How often do you attend church, mosque (mosk), synagogue (SIN-uh-gog), or other place of worship?
All The Questions On the OpEdNews.Com/ Zogby People's Poll 2006
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How often do you attend church, mosque (mosk), synagogue (SIN-uh-gog), or other place of worship?
Printing: All The Questions On the OpEdNews.Com/ Zogby People's Poll 2006
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In an English fort, to think to have a mosk open to the ingress of a large body of Malays at all times is wholly incompatible with a certain reserve and security required from it.
The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel
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Should the English hoist their flag here, a new factory must be erected; the most eligible situation for which would be where the mosk now stands, or the mosk itself might be converted into one, and another rebuilt elsewhere; but to this the sultan has insuperable objections.
The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel
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The people in the mosk recited the afternoon prayer without my knowing it, and now I have a mind to get an hour's sleep, probably I shall find repose for the body, and what I suffer will pass off.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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He remained in the mosk until it became dark when he went out for something, saying to himself, I have heard a call from the Prophet (on whom be the blessing and peace of Allah!) which said,
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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Then I left the mosk and began to promenade the quarters and the streets until
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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Then he arose, and went out from the mosk to some distance when he entered a ruined building after walking an hour, and here he stumbled in the darkness and fell upon his face.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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He sat down, when a vagabond entered the mosk and seating himself in front of Attaf threw off from his shoulder a bag from which he took out bread and a chicken, and bread again and sweets and an orange, and olive and date-cake and cucumbers.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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