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/mɑsk/ · noun
(Islam) A place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid..
There's a mosque near where I live.
The demolition of two mosques in India within days of each other has highlighted the deep religious divide in the country, months before voters head to the polls for a nationwide election that is expected to hand Prime Minister Narendra Modi a rare third term in power.
One Terrorgram user livestreamed himself stabbing five people outside of a mosque in Turkey, she said, and a 19-year-old Slovakian man praised the group in a manifesto before killing two people at an LGBTQ bar in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia.
Use mosque when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mosque means (Islam) A place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid..
Common synonyms include masjid, musjid.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
There's a mosque near where I live.
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