mozarab

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mozarab - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mozarab \Moz"a*rab\, Mozarabic \Moz`a*rab"ic\
     Same as Muzarab, Muzarabic.
     [1913 Webster] Mozetta

  Muzarab \Muz"a*rab\, n. [Sp. mozarabe, fr. Ar. mosta'rib, a name
     applied to strange tribes living among the Arabs.] (Eccl.
     Hist.)
     One of a denomination of Christians formerly living under the
     government of the Moors in Spain, and having a liturgy and
     ritual of their own. [Written also Mozarab, Mostarab.]
     --Brande & C.
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