Mudéjar
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English
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Etymology
From Spanish mudéjar, from Arabic مُدَجَّن (mudajjan, “domesticated”), from the verb دَجَّنَ (dajjana, “to tame”), from دَجَنَ (dajana, “to become accustomed”).
Adjective
Mudéjar (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the Moors of Al-Andalus who remained in Christian territory after the Reconquista but were not converted to Christianity.
- 2001, Peter Linehan, Janet Laughland Nelson, The Medieval World, page 61:
- We must not forget that Mudejar identity was a contractual identity, entered into through myriad treaties between conquerors and conquered, each different from the other, and each subject to constant renegotiation, reinterpretation, and change depending on circumstance.
- Of or pertaining to the style of Iberian architecture and decoration of the 12th to 16th centuries.
- 2005, Mary Elizabeth Perry, The Handless Maiden: Moriscos and the Politics of Religion in Early Modern Spain, page 26:
- These artisans and workers used particular techniques that earlier Muslims under Christian rule had refined into the Mudéjar style.
Translations
of or pertaining to the Moors of Al-Andalus
of or pertaining to the style of Iberian architecture
Noun
Mudéjar (countable and uncountable, plural Mudéjars or Mudéjares)
- (countable) Any of the Moors of Al-Andalus who remained in Christian territory after the Reconquista but were not converted to Christianity.
- 1901, Henry Charles Lea, The Moriscos of Spain: Their Conversion and Expulsion, page 2:
- They came to be known as the Mudéjares- the corruption of Mudegelin, an opprobrious term bestowed upon them by the Moors, derived from the word Degel which we are told was equivalent to Antichrist.
- 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 190:
- In this way, the mudéjars of Valencia came to represent a solid Muslim enclave within Christian Iberia.
- (uncountable, architecture) A style of Iberian architecture and decoration of the 12th to 16th centuries.
Derived terms
Translations
one of the Moors of Al-Andalus