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Meanings of Moorish in English

A style of architecture common in Spain from the 13th to 16th centuries; characterized by horseshoe-shaped arches.

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Examples for "Moorish architecture"
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No one should visit Seville without paying particular attention to the Alcazar, that splendid specimen of Moorish architecture.
The Bible in Spain / Or, the Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonm...
2
Note the elaborate decoration of the Moorish architecture.]
Introductory American History
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This may be down to association: northern Europeans associate Spain with heat, beaches and Moorish architecture, not craggy, Atlantic mountains.
The Guardian
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He passed several days wandering among the mouldering piles of Moorish architecture, those melancholy monuments of an elegant and voluptuous people.
Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists
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She knew the older section would have been built in the more traditional Moorish architecture that she'd so loved in southern Spain.
Accidentally the sheikh's wife
Usage of Moorish in English
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All had some idea of what awaited them in the Moorish provinces.
Masters of the Guild
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The Museum of the Capital contains a good collection of Moorish coins.
Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond
3
Of our bargaining with a Moorish seaman; and of an English slave.
A Set of Rogues / Namely Christopher Sutton, John Dawson, the Se...
4
If he tells the legends of the Alhambra, the atmosphere is Moorish.
History of American Literature
5
The Alhambra is the ancient palace of the Moorish kings, at Granada.
McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader
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And now came to be considered the disposition of the Moorish prisoners.
Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada, from the mss. of Fray Anto...
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The sacristan lighted lamps in order to show me the Moorish chapels.
The Lands of the Saracen / Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Si...
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The Cid then became a vassal of the Moorish king of Saragossa.
Famous Men of the Middle Ages
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Private intelligence reached the Moorish ringleader of the arrival of this envoy.
Leila or, the Siege of Granada, Book IV.
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A coarse, Moorish merchant mouldering in the dampness of his little courtyard.
The Nabob, Vol. 1 (of 2)
11
The nostrils are built out until the nose has a Moorish appearance.
Our Stage and Its Critics / By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gaze...
12
The next day the Moorish captain returned with full powers to negotiate.
Dewey and Other Naval Commanders
13
The Moorish authorities declared it was very coarse and mixed with dirt.
Travels in Morocco, Volume 1.
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The name, a corruption of Moorish, refers to its origin in Spain.
Early European History
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We visited the jail and found Moorish prisoners making mats and baskets.
The Innocents Abroad
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Another aspect of Moorish culture woven throughout Andalucía is the culinary influence.
Ebony
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Moorish through the time
Moorish across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common