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Mu·dé·jar

 (mo͞o-thĕ′här)
n. pl. Mu·déja·res (-hä-rĕs′)
A Muslim who remained in Spain after it had been reconquered by the Christians in the Middle Ages.
adj.
Of or relating to a style of Spanish architecture of the 12th to the 17th century, combining Moorish and Gothic forms.
[Spanish, from Arabic mudajjan, permitted to remain, Mudéjar, passive participle of dajjana, to allow to remain, from dajana, to remain, stay; see dgn in Semitic roots.]
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Mudéjar

(muˈðɛxar)
n, pl -jares (-xares)
1. (Historical Terms) medieval history a Spanish Moor, esp one permitted to stay in Spain after the Christian reconquest
2. (Peoples) medieval history a Spanish Moor, esp one permitted to stay in Spain after the Christian reconquest
adj (also without capital)
(Architecture) of or relating to a style of architecture originated by Mudéjares
[from Arabic mudajjan one permitted to remain]
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Mu•dé•jar

(Sp. muˈðɛ hɑr)

n., pl. -ja•res (-hɑˌrɛs)

adj. n.
1. a Muslim allowed to remain in Spain after the Christian reconquest, esp. during the 8th–13th centuries.
adj.
2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Mudéjars.
[1860–65; < Sp < Arabic muddajjan permitted to stay]
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The Moors of Aragon are called Tagarins in Barbary, and those of Granada Mudejars; but in the Kingdom of Fez they call the Mudejars Elches, and they are the people the king chiefly employs in war.
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Today, the only important witnesses of that illustrious time are the Alcazaba, now a seminary, and Mudejar (Muslims living under Christian rule) art, found in all the old churches.
Spain's modern cave dwellers
Some of the structures sport the graceful arches and Mudejar decoration that are the unmistakable heritage of Toledo's Moorish past before it became a Catholic enclave through the Reconquista, or the reconquest of Spain from its Arab rulers.
When in Madrid-go to Toledo, Avila, Segovia
He discusses the concept of hijra (migration) in medieval Iberia and the Maghrib; the status of the mudejar religious leadership according to Maliki law; life, family, and property in the abode of war; and European rule in the 19th-century Maghrib and the reception of Reconquista-era law.
Islamic Law and the Crisis of the Reconquista: The Debate on the Status of Muslim Communities in Christendom
Aragon of virtue Tarazona de Aragon is known as the Mudejar City, due to the Moorish design of its buildings, with their colourful tile work.
Really Moorish; SECOND TO GUIDE TARAZONA, SPAIN

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