حَمِيَّةٌ
Root: حمى
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حَمِيَّةٌ
an Verbal.Noun of حَمِىَ: (S, K: [see حَمِىَ
عَنْهُ:]) Disdain, scorn, or indignation; and anger; syn. أَنَفَةٌ, and غَيْرَةٌ; because a means of protection: care of what is sacred, or inviolable, or of what one is bound to respect, or honour, and to defend, and of religion, to avoid suspicion.
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