Definition of Mudejar in English:

Mudejar

adjectivemuːˈdeɪhɑː

1Of or denoting a partly Gothic, partly Islamic style of architecture and art prevalent in Spain in the 12th to 15th centuries.
Example sentencesExamples
- His decorations combine Gothic and Islamic features: grotesque animals, as well as naturalistic ones, geometric interlace designs, architectural elements designed in the Mudejar style, and carpet pages.
- There were double arcades, and balconies that were clearly influenced by the Mudejar style then popular in southern Spain, especially in Seville.
- Mexico was a colony of Spain for about 400 years, but there's not much Mudejar architecture anywhere in Mexico.
- The early 16th century Mudejar style of Moorish geometric ivory and coloured woods became popular, especially as French, and to a lesser extent, English taste turned towards the Middle East and Arabia for exotic inspiration.
- We could have spent days within this maze of Mudejar architecture.
1. 1.1 Relating to Muslim subjects of Christian monarchs during the reconquest of the Iberian peninsula from the Moors (11th–15th centuries) who, until 1492, were allowed to retain Islamic laws and religion in return for loyalty to a Christian monarch.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Fernando was truly enthusiastic for the voluntary conversion of all his Mudejar subjects.
  Some scholars have criticized the notion as romanticizing the situation of the Jewish minority in coping with its Christian environment on the one hand and the Mudejar minority on the other.
  Islamic influences could have been provided by Mudejar communities in Huesca, Saragossa, or Valencia, or by trade connections between Catalan Jews and the Maghreb.
  Mudejar women took the leadership in protecting themselves and their kin against the challenges that the newly established Christian society imposed on the entire Mudejar community.

nounPlural Mudejaresmuːˈdeɪhɑː

A Mudejar Muslim during the Christian reconquest of the Iberian peninsula from the Moors.
Example sentencesExamples
- The Mudejares were Muslims who found themselves under Christian rule when Toledo was conquered in 1085.
- In fact, they were treated with the same gentleness that all the Mudejares who had been defeated, in successive campaigns, were always treated by the Christian victors.
- In Navarre both Jews and Mudejares suffered episodes of persecution less frequently than elsewhere in Spain, so their living conditions were comparatively better than in other areas of the peninsula.
- Most of the Moors were driven from Spain, but two groups, the Mudejares and Moriscos, remained.
- The majority of the native Moorish communities, the Mudejares, chose to stay and be baptised.

Origin

Via Spanish from Arabic mudajjan 'allowed to stay'.

单词	Mudejar
释义	Definition of Mudejar in English: Mudejar adjectivemuːˈdeɪhɑː 1Of or denoting a partly Gothic, partly Islamic style of architecture and art prevalent in Spain in the 12th to 15th centuries. Example sentencesExamples His decorations combine Gothic and Islamic features: grotesque animals, as well as naturalistic ones, geometric interlace designs, architectural elements designed in the Mudejar style, and carpet pages. There were double arcades, and balconies that were clearly influenced by the Mudejar style then popular in southern Spain, especially in Seville. Mexico was a colony of Spain for about 400 years, but there's not much Mudejar architecture anywhere in Mexico. The early 16th century Mudejar style of Moorish geometric ivory and coloured woods became popular, especially as French, and to a lesser extent, English taste turned towards the Middle East and Arabia for exotic inspiration. We could have spent days within this maze of Mudejar architecture. 1.1 Relating to Muslim subjects of Christian monarchs during the reconquest of the Iberian peninsula from the Moors (11th–15th centuries) who, until 1492, were allowed to retain Islamic laws and religion in return for loyalty to a Christian monarch. Example sentencesExamples Fernando was truly enthusiastic for the voluntary conversion of all his Mudejar subjects. Some scholars have criticized the notion as romanticizing the situation of the Jewish minority in coping with its Christian environment on the one hand and the Mudejar minority on the other. Islamic influences could have been provided by Mudejar communities in Huesca, Saragossa, or Valencia, or by trade connections between Catalan Jews and the Maghreb. Mudejar women took the leadership in protecting themselves and their kin against the challenges that the newly established Christian society imposed on the entire Mudejar community. nounPlural Mudejaresmuːˈdeɪhɑː A Mudejar Muslim during the Christian reconquest of the Iberian peninsula from the Moors. Example sentencesExamples The Mudejares were Muslims who found themselves under Christian rule when Toledo was conquered in 1085. In fact, they were treated with the same gentleness that all the Mudejares who had been defeated, in successive campaigns, were always treated by the Christian victors. In Navarre both Jews and Mudejares suffered episodes of persecution less frequently than elsewhere in Spain, so their living conditions were comparatively better than in other areas of the peninsula. Most of the Moors were driven from Spain, but two groups, the Mudejares and Moriscos, remained. The majority of the native Moorish communities, the Mudejares, chose to stay and be baptised. Origin Via Spanish from Arabic mudajjan 'allowed to stay'.
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