mesquita,n.falsefalse View as: Forms: α. lMEmesquitte, lMEmusket, lMEmusketh, 15moschite, 15muscot, 15–16meskit, 16machit, 16meschit, 16meschite, 16mescuite, 16mesked, 16mesquit, 16mesquite, 16miskitt, 16mosquit, 16mosquite, 16–17meskite. β. 15meschita, 15mesquito, 15moskyta, 15mosquita, 15–16 18–mesquita, 15–16 18–mezquita, 16mescheeto, 16mescita, 16meskeeto, 16meskeito, 16meskita, 16misquita, 16mosquetto, 16mosquito, 18mosketta. (Show Less)Etymology: In early use < Middle Frenchmusquette (1351),mesquite (c1380),muscat (1395),mosquet (1506) or Italian (arch.)meschita (a1321),moscheta (14th cent.), or their etymons, Spanishmezquita (1207) and post-classical Latinmeschita,mezquita,mesquita (1098, 1115, 1126 in Spanish sources),muscheta (a1099 in an Italian source),moscheta (?12th cent. in an Italian source),meskita (early 13th cent. in an Italian source), themselves (probably borrowed at the time of the First Crusade, 1095–9) either < Armenianmzkiṭ or < Byzantine Greekμασγίδιον (9th or 10th cent. in formμαγίσδιον ), both ultimately < Arabicmasjid (in colloquial Egyptian Arabic pronunciationmasgid ), noun of place < Arabicsajada (in colloquial Egyptian Arabic pronunciationsagada ): seemasjidn. In later use probably a reborrowing < Spanish. Forms in European languages with stem vowelu oro perhaps represent a reanalysis by folk etymology after words for ‘musk’ (seemuskn.). Some of the α forms may come directly < Arabic. Comparemasjidn.,mosquen.(Show Less) A mosque.Now chiefly used (with capital initial) of the great mosque of Cordoba, Spain, which was converted into a Christian cathedral in the 13th cent.α. ?a1425 (▸c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 26 And þere lith the body of hym [sc. Mahomet] full honourabely in here temple þat the Sarazines clepen Musketh [?a1425Egerton Musket; F. Musket,v.r. Musquet]. 1477 Earl Rivers tr.Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 58v, Somme men saye that legmon is buried in a toun called karaualle bitwene the mesquitte & the marche. 1589 A. Jenkinson in R. HakluytPrinc. Navigationsii. 369 Prince Ismael, lieth buried in a faire Meskit. 1590 E. WebbeRare & Wonderfull Things (new ed.) sig. B2, In the said Cittie [sc. Cairo], there are twelue thousand churches which they terme Muskots. 1593 J. DonneSatires iv. 199 Would not Heraclitus laugh to see Macrine, From hat, to shooe, himselfe at doore refine, As if the Presence were a Moschite. a1613 E. BrerewoodEnq. Langs. & Relig. (1614) xxvi. 184 The publique seruice of the Iewes, and of the Mahumetans, in their Synagogues, and Meskeds. 1613 S. PurchasPilgrimage 229 There is also a Meschit there for the Arabians and Turkes. 1613 S. PurchasPilgrimagev. xvii. 538 They neuer goe to their Watches before they haue prayed in the Mesquit. 1658 E. PhillipsNew World Eng. Words, Meskite, a Church, or Synagogue among the Turks and Moors. 1665 T. HerbertSome Years Trav. (new ed.) 325 They..lodge the carcass not in the Machits or Churches but Church-yards. β. a1576 R. Eden in R. Willes & R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of AngleriaHist. Trauayle W. & E. Indies (1577) f. 365v, A Temple or Meschita. 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van LinschotenDisc. Voy. E. & W. Indiesi. xliii. 79/2 The Moores like wise haue their Mesquitos. 1599 in R. HakluytPrinc. Navigations (new ed.) II.i. 208 This famous and sumptuous Mosquita hath 99. gates, and 5. steeples. 1627 R. Ashley tr. ‘A. Abencufian’Almansor 9 The Friday..hee..went in solemnitie to the great Mesquita. 1657 J. HowellLondinopolis 384 The Gran Cairo in Egypt, a City..having five and thirty thousand Meskeetos. 1661 A. CowleyVision Cromwell 64 They say he [sc. Cromwell]..would have sold..St. Peters (even at his own Westminster) to the Turks for a Mosquito. 1804 inNaval Documents U.S. Wars Barbary Powers (U.S. Office Naval Rec.) (1939) I. 582 The dey and Ministry..was at prayers in The Mosketta. 1857 O. W. Le VertSouvenirs of Trav. 4 The great dome and the minarets of theMezquita (the cathedral [of Cordova]) were distinctly visible. 1873 Appletons' Jrnl. 23 Aug. 236/1 Who could weary of admiring the Oriental Cordova, with its Mesquita, unique in Europe, where are heard the echoes of Moorish poetry? 1975 N. LuardRobespierre Serial xvii. 151 The man had just come out of themesquita gateway behind him. 1995 Holiday Which? Mar. 115/3 The craftsmen embellished the buildings with foliage or geometric motifs and calligraphy, all of which are demonstrated in Córdoba's great Mezquita, or mosque. ?a1425—1995(Hide quotations) m - e -sk - ee - t - ə
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