كَنِيسَةٌ
Root: كنس
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كَنِيسَةٌ
A place of worship of the Christians; [a Christian church:] or of the Jews; i. e., of the Jews only: [a Jewish synagogue;] that of Christians being called بِيعَةٌ: [Chald
כְנישָׁה : ] or both; being sometimes applied to the former [in classical times, as it is in the present day, as well as to the latter]: or of unbelievers, absolutely: an arabicized word, [from the Chaldee mentioned above, or] from [the Persian word] كُنِسْتْ or كَنَسْتْ [signifying “ a firetemple ”]: pl. كَنَائِسُ.
def.2 A thing resembling [the kind of camel-litter called] a هَوْدَج, composed of twigs, or branches, stuck in a مَحْمِل or a رَحْل, with a cloth thrown over them, in which the rider sits in the shade and conceals himself: of the measure فَعِيلَةٌ from كُنُوسٌ [an Verbal.Noun of كَنَسَ]: pl. as above.
def.2 A thing resembling [the kind of camel-litter called] a هَوْدَج, composed of twigs, or branches, stuck in a مَحْمِل or a رَحْل, with a cloth thrown over them, in which the rider sits in the shade and conceals himself: of the measure فَعِيلَةٌ from كُنُوسٌ [an Verbal.Noun of كَنَسَ]: pl. as above.
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