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I found that a whole series of people opposed me simply on the grounds that I was a woman. The clerics took to the mosque saying that Pakistan had thrown itself outside the Muslim world and the Muslim umar by voting for a woman, that a woman had usurped a man's place in the Islamic society.
Benazir Bhutto

Meaning of "mosque" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MOSQUE

Earlier mosquee, from Old French via Italian moschea, ultimately from Arabic masjid temple, place of prostration.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MOSQUE

mosque  [mɒsk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MOSQUE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mosque is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MOSQUE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mosque

Mosque

A mosque, sometimes spelt mosk, is a place of worship for followers of Islam. There are strict and detailed requirements in Sunni fiqh for a place of worship to be considered a mosque, with places that do not meet these requirements regarded as musallas. There are stringent restrictions on the uses of the area formally demarcated as the mosque, and, in the Islamic Sharia law, after an area is formally designated as a mosque, it remains so until the Last Day. Many mosques have elaborate domes, minarets, and prayer halls, in varying styles of architecture. Mosques originated on the Arabian Peninsula, but are now found in all inhabited continents. The mosque serves as a place where Muslims can come together for salat as well as a center for information, education, and dispute settlement. The imam leads the congregation in prayer.

Definition of mosque in the English dictionary

The definition of mosque in the dictionary is a Muslim place of worship, usually having one or more minarets and often decorated with elaborate tracery and texts from the Koran Also called: masjid, musjid.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MOSQUE


abelmosk
ˈeɪbəlˌmɒsk
bosk
bɒsk
embosk
ɪmˈbɒsk
kiosk
ˈkiːɒsk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MOSQUE

moskonfyt
Moskva
Moslem
Moslemism
Mosley
moslings
Mosotho
Mosque of Omar
mosquito
mosquito bite
mosquito boat
mosquito coil
mosquito hawk
mosquito net
mosquito netting
mosquito repellent
mosquitoey

WORDS THAT END LIKE MOSQUE

arabesque
basque
bisque
brusque
burlesque
casque
cyber mosque
fantasque
gigantesque
grotesque
humoresque
Kafkaesque
masque
picaresque
picturesque
risque
Romanesque
Rubenesque
Titanesque
usque

Synonyms and antonyms of mosque in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MOSQUE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «mosque» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of mosque

Translation of «mosque» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MOSQUE

Find out the translation of mosque to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mosque from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mosque» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

清真寺
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mezquita
570 millions of speakers

English

mosque
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मस्जिद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جَامِعٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мечеть
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mesquita
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মসজিদ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mosquée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Masjid
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Moschee
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

モスク
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

회교 사원
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Masjid
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đền thờ Hồi giáo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மசூதி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मस्जिद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cami
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

moschea
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

meczet
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мечеть
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

moschee
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τζαμί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

moskee
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

moské
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

moske
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mosque

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MOSQUE»

The term «mosque» is very widely used and occupies the 15.135 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MOSQUE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mosque» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mosque» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mosque

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10 QUOTES WITH «MOSQUE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mosque.
1
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
To allow the construction of places of worship other than Islamic ones in Saudi Arabia, it would be like asking the Vatican to build a mosque inside of it.
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Benazir Bhutto
I found that a whole series of people opposed me simply on the grounds that I was a woman. The clerics took to the mosque saying that Pakistan had thrown itself outside the Muslim world and the Muslim umar by voting for a woman, that a woman had usurped a man's place in the Islamic society.
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Michael Bloomberg
Whatever you may think of the proposed mosque and community center, lost in the heat of the debate has been a basic question: Should government attempt to deny private citizens the right to build a house of worship on private property based on their particular religion?
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Gail Collins
The IRS targeting certain groups for harassment because of their politics would be unfair. If we found out the NSA was keeping special tabs on everyone who worshiped at a mosque or took a Bible trip through the Middle East, you'd have an uprising.
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John Cornyn
But I do think it's unwise, and it - to build a mosque at the site where 3,000 Americans lost their lives as a result of a terrorist attack. And I think to me it demonstrates that the - that Washington, the White House, the administration, the President himself seems to be disconnected from the mainstream of America.
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Renee Ellmers
The terrorists haven't won, and we should tell them in plain English, 'No, there will never be a mosque at Ground Zero.'
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Sigmar Gabriel
Those who reject integration programs in the long term have as little right to stay in Germany as a hate preacher paid from abroad in a mosque.
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Khalil Gibran
I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.
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Stanley Hauerwas
The very idea that you could have separation between mosque and state from Islam's perspective is the imposition on them of Christian practice. Islam doesn't really have a place for state. They are a universalistic faith like Christianity, but they think there is no country that bounds Islam.
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Peter T. King
The Muslims have, as everyone else says, the right to practice their religion and they have the right to construct a mosque at ground zero if they wish. What I am saying, though, is that they should listen to public opinion, they should listen to the deep wounds and anguish that this is causing to so many good people.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOSQUE»

Discover the use of mosque in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mosque and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mosque
Following in the tradition he established with Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction and in the many books he has published in the thirty years since, David Macaulay provides explanations of the how and the why in a way that is both ...
David Macaulay, 2008
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The Church in the Shadow of the Mosque: Christians and ...
Offering a fuller understanding of the rise of Islam in its early years from the perspective of contemporary non-Muslims, this book reminds us that there is much to learn from the works of people who seriously engaged Muslims in their own ...
Sidney H. Griffith, 2012
3
Pakistan: Between Mosque and Military
"This book analyzes the origins of the relationships between Islamist groups and Pakistan's military, and explores Pakistan's quest for identity and security.
Husain Haqqani, 2010
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The Great Mosque of Damascus: Studies on the Makings of an ...
The heavily annotated text includes analyses of the mosque's mosaic, interior decoration, clock and colonnade and broader discussions of the ambiguous meaning of the mosque's decorations, the topography of early medieval cities and the ...
Finbarr Barry Flood, 2001
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Architecture of the contemporary mosque
At a time when Islam is the fastest growing monotheistic religion, embracing some of the world's richest as well as poorest nations, this book provides an important picture of contemporary mosque architecture.
Ismaïl Serageldin, James Steele, 1996
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The House of the Mosque
In the house of the mosque, the family of Aqa Jaan has lived for eight centuries.
Kader Abdolah, 2010
7
The Butterfly Mosque: A Young American Woman's Journey to ...
The extraordinary story of an all-American girl’s conversion to Islam and her ensuing romance with a young Egyptian man, The Butterfly Mosque is a stunning articulation of a Westerner embracing the Muslim world.
G. Willow Wilson, 2010
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Durga's Mosque: Cosmology, Conversion and Community in ...
Stephen Headley's new book explores contemporary religious change in the Surakarta region of Central Java.
Stephen Cavana Headley, 2004
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A Mosque in Munich: Nazis, the CIA, and the Rise of the ...
Culled from an array of sources, including newly declassified documents, A Mosque in Munich interweaves the stories of several key players: a Nazi scholar turned postwar spymaster; key Muslim leaders across the globe, including members of ...
Ian Johnson, 2010
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What You Will See Inside a Mosque
This important new series of books is designed to show children ages 6-10 the Who, What, When, Where, Why and How of traditional houses of worship, liturgical celebrations, and rituals of different world faiths, empowering them to respect ...
Aisha Karen Khan, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOSQUE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mosque is used in the context of the following news items.
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Iqaluit Muslims to build Nunavut's first mosque
The idea for the mosque began when Syed Asif Ali, an engineer born in Pakistan living in Toronto, was offered a job inspecting boilers in Iqaluit ... «CTV News, Jul 15»
2
Support for mosque causes spike in Lutheran church-leavers
The Church Council of Helsinki's decision to support a group helping with plans for a grand mosque has given rise to heated emotions amongst ... «YLE News, Jul 15»
3
Mosque worshippers feared for children's safety before toddler's death
The Masjid Al-Iman mosque at 2218 Quadra St. in Victoria, where the ... Members of a Victoria mosque are questioning whether enough was ... «Times Colonist, Jul 15»
4
Listening to Chattanooga voices, in the mosque and public square …
As it should, this research led to the local mosque to see how this Muslim community – deep in Bible Belt territory – was reacting. The Times did ... «GetReligion, Jul 15»
5
Indonesia on high alert as mosque fire stirs tension
The chief of Jakarta Police, Inspector General Tito Karnavian who previously led the Papua Police, said the burning of the mosque was an ... «TODAYonline, Jul 15»
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US bid to revoke citizenship of Portland mosque's imam is rare move
The government's bid to strip U.S. citizenship from the worship leader of Portland's biggest mosque is a rarity. It's such a rare move that when ... «OregonLive.com, Jul 15»
7
Islands in focus: Muhammadiyah mosque fence damaged
Unidentified vandals have destroyed a 6-meter-long fence belonging to a Muhammadiyah mosque on Jl. Sisingamagraja, Medan. «Jakarta Post, Jul 15»
8
Mosque in Kerala dates back to the Prophet's time
This mosque stands proud with two other landmarks of Kodungallur, also known as Muziris. The first is the Saint Thomas Church, also said to ... «The Siasat Daily, Jul 15»
9
Video: Settlers continue Al-Aqsa Mosque provocations
Around 45 extremist settlers broke into Al-Aqsa mosque compound this morning from al-Maghrebi gate under armed protection from Israeli ... «Palestine News Network, Jul 15»
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Argentine-Israeli Pianist To Play In Mosque, Synagogue, Church
Argentine-Israeli pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim will be in Argentina in August to play in a mosque, synagogue and a Catholic church ... «Focus News, Jul 15»

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