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حَضْرَةٌ

Root: حضر

Full Definition

حَضْرَةٌ , originally an Verbal.Noun, signifying Presence: and afterwards applied to signify a place of presence [as also the several forms occurring in the following phrases]. You say, كَلَّمْتُهُ بحَِضْرَة فُلَانٍ, and كَانَ ذٰلِكَ بَحَضْرَتِهِ, and and and and and , all syn. expressions, meaning [I spoke to him, and that was or happened,] in the presence, i. e. the place of presence, of such a one. And فُلَانٌ حَسَنُ and Such a one is a person whose presence is attended by good. And غَطِّ إِنَآءَكَ بِحَضْرَةِ الذُّبَابِ [Cover thy vessel in the presence of the flies, lest they taint it.] (A, TA. [Or perhaps this is a mistranscription, for يَحْضُرْهُ الذُّبَابُ, meaning, if thou do not, the flies will come to it, and taint it.])
2 It is also applied as a title, by writers of letters and the like, to any great man with whom people are wont to be present; [and sometimes to God; and meaning The object of resort;] as in the phrase, الحَضْرَةُ العَالِيَةُ تَأْمُرُ بِكَذَا [The exalted object of resort commands such a thing]. [It is similar to الجَنَابُ; but is generally considered as implying greater respect than the latter. It is often prefixed to the name of the person to whom it is applied, or to a pronoun: as حَضْرَةُ فُلَانٍ The object of resort, such a one: and حَضْرَتُكَ The object of resort, thyself.]
3 Also The vicinity of a thing, and of a man. (S. [So accord. to two copies of the S; but الرَّجُلِ is there an evident mistranscription, for الرَّحْلِ, “ of the house, ” or “ abode: ” see what follows.]) You say, كُنْتُ بِحَضْرَةِ الدَّارِ I was in the vicinity of, or near to, the house. And كُنَّا بِحَضْرَةِ مَآءٍ We were by a water. And بِحَضْرَةِ المَآءِ In the vicinity of, or near to, the water.
4 Also The فِنَآء of a رَجُل. (S. [So accord. to two copies of the S; where it is said, حَضْرَةُ الرَّجُلِ قُرْبُهُ وَفِنَاؤُهُ: but the right reading is evidently الرَّحْلِ: so that the second of the two meanings thus explained is, The court, or yard, in front, or extending from the sides, of a house, or an abode.])

def.2 And Apparatus for building, such as baked bricks, and gypsum-plaster: so in the saying, جَمَعَ الحَضْرَةَ يُرِيدُ بِنَآءَ دَارٍ [He collected the apparatus, such as the baked bricks, &c., desiring to build a house].

def.3 See also حَضَرٌ.


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