إِعْذَارٌ

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إِعْذَارٌ , originally an Verbal.Noun, and عَذِيرَةٌ and عَذِيرٌ and عِذَارٌ , A repast, or food, prepared on the occasion of a circumcision; or on some joyful occasion: and the last of these words likewise signifies a repast, or food, prepared on the occasion [of the completion] of a building: and also a repast, or food, which one prepares, and to which he invites his brethren, on the occasion of the acquisition of something new: and accord. to the K, all the other words mentioned above also have, app., the former, or perhaps the latter, of these two meanings, as well as the meaning first mentioned above, which is the most common.

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