Mudéjar

[ Spanish moo-th e-hahr ]

/ Spanish muˈðɛ hɑr /

a Muslim permitted to remain in Spain after the Christian reconquest, especially during the 8th to the 13th centuries.

of or relating to a style of Spanish architecture from the 13th to 16th centuries, a fusion of Romanesque and Gothic with Arabic.

Origin of Mudéjar

1860–65; < Spanish < Arabic muddajjan permitted to stay

There are indications miserably faint and buried away under plaster, that the palace was richly ornamented in the mudejar style.

Toledo. The Story of an Old Spanish Capital |Hannah Lynch
In any case, abundant evidence exists to show that large quantities of Mudejar and Renaissance tiles were manufactured at Toledo.

The Arts and Crafts of Older Spain, Volume II (of 3) |Leonard Williams
The portal is very fine, but the Moorish features are the work of Mudejar and not Almohade artisans.

Southern Spain |A.F. Calvert
No finer specimen of the art known as Mudejar existed in all Spain.

Brought Forward |R. B. Cunninghame Graham

Then there is the superb staircase with its "half-orange" ceiling, and the chapel with its mixed Gothic and Mudejar features.

Southern Spain |A.F. Calvert

Mudéjar

/ Spanish (muˈðɛxar) /

medieval history a Spanish Moor, esp one permitted to stay in Spain after the Christian reconquest

of or relating to a style of architecture orginated by Mudéjares

from Arabic mudajjan one permitted to remain