Plural of Abencerraje; members of a noble Moorish family or lineage in medieval Granada.
From Spanish 'Abencerraje', ultimately from Arabic 'Ibn Cerraż' (son of Cerraż), with French-influenced English plural '-ges'.
The Abencerrages were so famous in European literature that Washington Irving romanticized them—their tragic legend inspired countless plays and poems!
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