سَادِنٌ
Root: سدن
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سَادِنٌ
A minister, or servant, of the Kaabeh, and [so in the S and L, but in the K “ or ”] of the temple of idols; and one who performs the office of doorkeeper, or chamberlain: pl. سَدَنَةٌ: or سَدَنَةٌ signifies the doorkeepers, or chamberlains, (حُجَّاب, [pl. of حَاجِب,]) of the House [of God, i. e. the Kaabeh]; and the intendants of the idols in the Time of Ignorance; the latter being the primary application: but IB says that there is this difference between the سَادِن and the حَاجِب; that the latter precludes, and his license to do so belongs to another; whereas the سادن precludes, and his license to do so belongs to himself.
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