رَفِيعٌ

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رَفِيعٌ High, elevated, exalted, lofty, or eminent, in rank, condition, or state; noble, honourable, or glorious; applied to a man: fem. with ة. You say, هُوَ رَفِيعُ الحَسَبِ وَالقَدْرِ [He is high, &c., in respect of grounds of pretension to honour, and of rank]. And hence the phrase used by letter-writers, الجَنَابُ الرَّفِيعُ [The exalted object of recourse]. Hence also the phrase in the Kur [xl. 15], رَفِيعُ الدَّرَجَاتِ The Exalted in respect of degrees of dignity: or this means Great in respect of attributes: or the Exalter of the degrees of dignity of the believers in Paradise.
2 Applied to a garment, or piece of cloth, Fine, fine in texture, delicate, or thin.
3 رَفِيعُ الصَّوْتِ [High, or loud, in voice]; applied to a man.
4 سَيْرٌ رَفِيعٌ [A pace in which a beast is made to exert itself to the full, or to the utmost, or beyond measure; or in which the utmost pos sible celerity is elicited: see رَفَعَ البَعِيرَ, in the latter half of the first paragraph: and see also مَرْفُوعٌ]. (K in art. نص.)

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