What is another word for mosque?

Pronunciation: [mˈɒsk] (IPA)

The word "mosque" refers to a sacred place of worship for Muslims. Synonyms for mosque would include terms such as "masjid," "jami," and "musalla." "Masjid" is an Arabic word for mosque that signifies a place of prostration or a place of prayer. "Jami" is also an Arabic word that refers to a congregational mosque. "Musalla" is a term used to describe a place of prayer, which can refer to any place where Muslims come together to pray collectively. These synonyms are commonly used in various regions and cultures throughout the Muslim world.

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    • Proper noun, singular
      masjid.

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Usage examples for Mosque

mosque, temple, triumphal-arch, cabins, campaniles, convents, and churches mingle heterogeneously together, as though they had dropped down indiscriminately upon the banks of the Moskva without selection of site.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
They left the ship and spent five days in a mosque, where they had to rough it terribly, though the officials were very kind to them, and on their return to Constantinople gave them a good dinner.
"My Diary in Serbia: April 1, 1915-Nov. 1, 1915"
Monica M. Stanley
Another street crossed it at right angles and at the cross roads was a mosque.
"The Orchard of Tears"
Sax Rohmer

Famous quotes with Mosque

  • But I do think it's unwise, and it - to build a mosque at the site where 3,000 Americans lost their lives as a result of a terrorist attack. And I think to me it demonstrates that the - that Washington, the White House, the administration, the President himself seems to be disconnected from the mainstream of America.
    John Cornyn
  • I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.
    Khalil Gibran
  • And if the imam and the Muslim leadership in that community is so intent on building bridges, then they should voluntarily move the mosque away from ground zero and move it whether it's uptown or somewhere else, but move it away from that area, the same as the pope directed the Carmelite nuns to move a convent away from Auschwitz.
    Peter King
  • The Muslims have, as everyone else says, the right to practice their religion and they have the right to construct a mosque at ground zero if they wish. What I am saying, though, is that they should listen to public opinion, they should listen to the deep wounds and anguish that this is causing to so many good people.
    Peter King
  • People have a constitutional right to burn a Koran if they want to, but doing so is insensitive and an unnecessary provocation - much like building a mosque at Ground Zero.
    Sarah Palin

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