# Mudéjar

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
1. Of or pertaining to the Moors of Al-Andalus who remained in Christian territory after the Reconquista but were not converted to Christianity.
2. Of or pertaining to the style of Iberian architecture and decoration of the 12th to 16th centuries.

## Etymology
From Spanish mudéjar, from Arabic مُدَجَّن (mudajjan, “domesticated”), from the verb دَجَّنَ (dajjana, “to tame”), from دَجَنَ (dajana, “to become accustomed”).

## Source
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