Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مَوْكِبٌ

Root: وكب

Full Definition

مَوْكِبٌ A certain mode, or manner, of walking, marching, proceding, or journeying. See 1.
2 A company [or procession] of men, riding or walking [or marching by slow degrees, or gradually; or in a grave manner, and by slow degrees, or gradually]: or a party of people riding upon camels, for the sake of pomp, or parade, or to go forth to the gardens or the like for amusement: and in like manner, a company of horsemen, or a cavalcade: pl. مَوَاكِبُ.
3 سَارَ سَيْرَ المَوْكِبِ He walked, marched, or journeyed [in the manner, or at the rate, of a ceremonious procession, or by slow degrees, or] without hastening.


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