Mudéjar: Meaning and Definition of

Mu•dé•jar

Pronunciation: (Sp. m-e'här), [key]
— n., pl. adj. -ja•res
—n.
  1. a Muslim permitted to remain in Spain after the Christian reconquest, esp. during the 8th to the 13th centuries.
—adj.
  1. of or pertaining to a style of Spanish architecture from the 13th to 16th centuries, a fusion of Romanesque and Gothic with Arabic.
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