Definition of Mudéjar

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the Moors of Al-Andalus who remained in Christian territory after the Reconquista but were not converted to Christianity. ¹

2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the style of Iberian architecture and decoration of the 12th to 16th centuries ¹

3. Noun. The name given to the Moors of Al-Andalus who remained in Christian territory after the Reconquista but were not converted to Christianity. ¹

4. Noun. a style of Iberian architecture and decoration of the 12th to 16th centuries ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mudéjar

1. a Spanish moor [n MUDEJARES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mudéjar

muddleheads
muddler
muddlers
muddles
muddles through
muddlier
muddliest
muddling
muddling through
muddlingly
muddly
muddy the waters
muddy up
muddying
mudejar
mudejares
mudfish
mudfishes
mudflap
mudflaps
mudflat
mudflats
mudflow
mudflows
mudge
mudged
mudger
mudgers
mudges

Literary usage of Mudéjar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Architecture and Urbanization in Colonial Chiapas, Mexico by Sidney David Markman (1984)
"then the transverse arches probably served a decorative purpose and their function was quite different from that of the arches in the mudejar churches of ..."

2. Architecture and Urbanization in Colonial Chiapas, Mexico by Sidney David Markman (1984)
"then the transverse arches probably served a decorative purpose and their function was quite different from that of the arches in the mudejar churches of ..."

3. Spanish Ironwork by Arthur Byne, Mildred Stapley Byne (1915)
"ONE OF A PAIR OF GOTHIC DOOR KNOCKERS. XV Century. Hispanic Society of America. Total height 13 in. Nos. 71 and 73. FIG. 54. DOOR KNOCKER OF MUDEJAR DESIGN. ..."

4. OECD Territorial Reviews by Oecd (2001)
"Sarrion (pre-Gothic) Mostly represented by rural elements Gothic Little relevance Mudejar Late gothic Renaissance 3 churches and 1 hermitage: San Francisco ..."

5. Spain by Wentworth Webster (1882)
"... Moorish and Mudejar architects were retained in the pay of Christian monarchs to keep in repair the cathedrals and palaces, the beauty of whose ..."

6. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"The so-culled Mudejar style, which was a combination of Gothic and Moorish ... Examples of Mudejar work are scattered all through the southern province*) ..."

7. The Arts and Crafts of Older Spain by Leonard Williams (1907)
"We find them in the Gothic, Mudejar,1 Romanic, or Renaissance styles— wrought ... The Academy of History at Madrid possesses a richly ornamented Mudejar ..."

8. Spanish Ironwork by Arthur Byne, Mildred Stapley Byne (1915)
"ONE OF A PAIR OF GOTHIC DOOR KNOCKERS. XV Century. Hispanic Society of America. Total height 13 in. Nos. 71 and 73. FIG. 54. DOOR KNOCKER OF MUDEJAR DESIGN. ..."

9. OECD Territorial Reviews by Oecd (2001)
"Sarrion (pre-Gothic) Mostly represented by rural elements Gothic Little relevance Mudejar Late gothic Renaissance 3 churches and 1 hermitage: San Francisco ..."

10. Spain by Wentworth Webster (1882)
"... Moorish and Mudejar architects were retained in the pay of Christian monarchs to keep in repair the cathedrals and palaces, the beauty of whose ..."

11. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"The so-culled Mudejar style, which was a combination of Gothic and Moorish ... Examples of Mudejar work are scattered all through the southern province*) ..."

12. The Arts and Crafts of Older Spain by Leonard Williams (1907)
"We find them in the Gothic, Mudejar,1 Romanic, or Renaissance styles— wrought ... The Academy of History at Madrid possesses a richly ornamented Mudejar ..."

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