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Mudéjar
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mudéjar mudèjar
English
Alternative forms
en Mudejar
Etymology
From en es mudéjar, from en ar مُدَجَّن domesticated, from the verb ar دَجَّنَ to tame, from ar دَجَنَ to become accustomed.
en ar د ج ن
Adjective
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Of or pertaining to the Moors of al-Andalus who remained in Christian territory after the Reconquista but were not converted to Christianity.
en 2001 Peter Linehan; Janet Laughland Nelson The Medieval World 61 We must not forget that Mudejar identity was a contractual identity, entered into through myriad treaties between conquerors and conquered, each different from the other, and each subject to constant renegotiation, reinterpretation, and change depending on circumstance.
Of or pertaining to the style of Iberian architecture and decoration of the 12th to 16th centuries.
en 2005 Mary Elizabeth Perry The Handless Maiden: Moriscos and the Politics of Religion in Early Modern Spain 26 These artisans and workers used particular techniques that earlier Muslims under Christian rule had refined into the Mudéjar style.
Translations
of or pertaining to the Moors of al-Andalus
Catalan: ca mudèjar
Galician: gl mudéxar
Portuguese: pt mudéjar
Spanish: es mudéjar
Swedish: sv morisk
of or pertaining to the style of Iberian architecture
Catalan: ca mudèjar
Galician: gl mudéxar
Portuguese: pt mudéjar
Spanish: es mudéjar
Swedish: sv morisk
Noun
~ s es
en countable Any of the Moors of al-Andalus who remained in Christian territory after the Reconquista but were not converted to Christianity.
en 1901 w:Henry Charles Lea The Moriscos of Spain: Their Conversion and Expulsion 2 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.
en 2011 w:Norman Davies Vanished Kingdoms 190 Penguin 2012 In this way, the mudéjars of Valencia came to represent a solid Muslim enclave within Christian Iberia.
en uncountable architecture A style of Iberian architecture and decoration of the 12th to 16th centuries.
Derived terms
en Neo-Mudéjar
Translations
one of the Moors of al-Andalus
Catalan: ca mudèjar
Galician: gl mudéxar
Portuguese: pt mudéjar m f
Spanish: es mudéjar m f
Swedish: sv mor c, sv morer p
style of Iberian architecture
Catalan: ca mudèjar
Galician: gl mudéxar
Spanish: es mudéjar m f
Anagrams
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