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عِبَادَةٌ

Root: عبد

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عِبَادَةٌ and عُبُودِيَّةٌ and عُبُودَةٌ and عَبْدِيَّةٌ and مَعْبَدٌ and مَعْبَدَةٌ [all said by some to be inf. ns., except the fourth,] Religious service, worship, adoration, or devotion; obedience: obedience with humility or submissiveness; humble, or submissive, obedience: or عِبَادَةٌ signifies the Doing what God approves: and عُبُودَةٌ , the approving what God does: and the primary signification of is humility, and submissiveness: عِبَادَةٌ is rendered only to God, or a false god, or the Devil.
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