musjid
IPA: musdʒˈɪd
noun
- Archaic form of masjid (“Islamic mosque”). [(Islam) A mosque.]
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Examples of "musjid" in Sentences
- The Sheikh is quartered in a musjid close to the sea.
- Jumma musjid, Jumna musjid, _Jame 'masjid_, a congregational mosque
- Just going to temple, musjid or church doesn't make you a good human beings.
- Not far from the Fort is found another great mosque, or _musjid_, where the Mohammedans crowd for worship.
- An escort of cavalry and infantry, together with the band, was sent down to the musjid to accompany him, and the road for half a mile from camp was lined by troops.
- Amongst it were some blue tiles of that peculiar hue like those seen on the great musjid at Lahore, and the colouring of which is supposed to have been a secret brought from Persia many centuries ago, and now quite lost.
- The Jumma musjid, which we also visited, was remarkable for its magnificent screen, 120 feet in height by 70 in breadth, and covered with curious inscriptions and fantastic devices; the top is slightly narrower than the base, tapering in depth as well as in breadth.
- One of the officers who was there told me about it, and he says it was a curious thing to see the third highest representative of the Mussulman religion sitting down in his own musjid, surrounded by English officers, who were come to help him in keeping up the power of his faith.
- The appearance of the town is diminished in size, but increased in beauty, by the many stately trees which are planted throughout it, while here and there a huge screen of some musjid rears its Egyptian-looking crest, and gives to the town an appearance peculiar to itself; Jaunpore is, in fact, the only city in India in which this style of architecture prevails.
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