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† mesquita, mesquit1 Obs.
Forms: α. 6 meschita, -quito, moskyta, -quita, 6–7 mes-, mezquita, 7 mescita, -keeto, -keito, -kita, mosquetto, -quito. β. 6 muscot, 6–7 meskit, 7 machit, meschit(e, -cuite, mesked, mes-, mosquit(e, 7–8 meskite.
[a. Sp. mezquita and It. meschita, ad. African Arab. masgid, dial. pronunciation of masjid. Some of the β forms may come directly from Arab.]
= mosque.
α1576Eden Trav. W. & E. Indies (1577) 365 b, A Temple or Meschita. 1598W. Phillip Linschoten i. xliii. 79 The Moores like wise haue their Mesquitos. 1599Hakluyt Voy. II. i. 208 This famous and sumptuous Mosquita hath 99. gates, and 5. steeples. 1627R. Ashley Almansor 9 The Friday..hee..went in solemnitie to the great Mesquita. 1657Howell Londinop. 384 The Gran Cairo in Egypt, a City..having five and thirty thousand Meskeetos. 1661Cowley Cromwell Verses & Ess. (1669) 73 They said he [sc. Cromwell]..would have sold..St. Peters (even at his own Westminster) to the Turks for a Mosquito.
β1477Caxton Dictes 58 b, Somme men saye that legmon is buried in a toun called karaualle bitwene the mesquitte & the marche. c1564A. Jenkinson in Hakluyt's Voy. (1598) I. 347 Prince Ismael lieth buried in a faire Meskit. 1590Webbe Trav. (Arb.) 21 In the said Cittie [sc. Cairo], there is 12 thousand Churches, which they tearme Muscots. 1612Brerewood Lang. & Relig. xxvi. 227 The publick service of the Jews and of the Mahumetans, in their synagogues and meskeds. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 229 There is also a Meschit there for the Arabians and Turkes. Ibid. v. xvii. 538 They neuer goe to their Watches before they haue prayed in the Mesquit. 1658Phillips, Meskite, a Church, or Synagogue among the Turks and Moors. 1665Sir T. Herbert Trav. (1677) 308 They..lodge the Carcass not in the Machits or Churches but Church-yards. |