of or denoting a partly Gothic, partly Islamic style of architecture and art prevalent in Spain in the 12th to 15th centuries.
relating to Muslim subjects of Christian monarchs during the reconquest of the Iberian peninsula from the Moors (11th-15th centuries) who, until 1492, were allowed to retain Islamic laws and religion in return for loyalty to a Christian monarch.
noun (plural Mudejares /-reɪz/)
a Mudejar Muslim during the Christian reconquest of the Iberian peninsula from the Moors.
Origin:
via Spanish from Arabic mudajjan 'allowed to stay'
Mudejar in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of Mudejar in the US English dictionary
