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حَرُورِيَّةٌ حروريه حرورية and حُرُورِيَّةٌ: see حُرِّيَّةٌ. -A2- الحَرُورِيَّةُ A sect of the heretics, or schismatics; (خَوَارِج [q. v.];) so called in relation to Haroorà (حَرُورَآءُ), a certain town (Az, S, A, Mgh, Msb) of ElKoofeh, (Az, Mgh, Msb,) from which it is distant two miles; (TA;) because they first assembled there (Az, S, Mgh, Msb) and professed the doctrine that government belongs only to God: (Az, S, Mgh:) they dived so deeply into matters of religion that they became heretics; and hence the appellation is applied also to any who do thus: (Mgh, Msb:) they consisted of Nejdeh and his companions, (K,) and those holding their tenets: (TA:) they were also called المُبَيِّضَةُ, because their ensigns in war were white: (T voce المُحَمِّرَةُ:) a man of this sect is called ↓ حَرُورِىٌّ ; (S, K;) and a woman, as well as the sect collectively, حَرُورِيَّةٌ: (Mgh, Msb:) which also signifies the quality of belonging to this sect. (S, * K, * TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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