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حَضْرَةٌ حضر حضره حضرة , originally an inf. n., signifying Presence: and afterwards applied to signify (tropical:) a place of presence [as also the several forms occurring in the following phrases]. (MF.) You say, كَلَّمْتُهُ بحَِضْرَة فُلَانٍ, (S, A, * Msb,) and كَانَ ذٰلِكَ بَحَضْرَتِهِ, (K, * TA,) and ↓ حُضْرَتِهِ and ↓ حضْرَتَهَ (S, K) and ↓ حَضَرِهِ (Yaakoob, S, Msb, K) and ↓ حَضَرِتَهَ (K) and ↓ مَحْضَرِهِ , (S, A, Msb, K,) all syn. expressions, (K,) meaning (tropical:) [I spoke to him, and that was or happened,] in the presence, i. e. the place of presence, of such a one. (S, A, Msb.) And ↓ فُلَانٌ حَسَنُ الحِضْرَةِ (S, M, A, K) and ↓ الحُضْرَةِ (S, M) (tropical:) Such a one is a person whose presence is attended by good. (K.) And غَطِّ إِِنَآءَكَ بِحَضْرَةِ الذُّبَابِ (tropical:) [Cover thy vessel in the presence of the flies, lest they taint it.] (A, TA. [Or perhaps this is a mistranscription, for يَحْضُرْهُ الذُّبَابُ, meaning, if thou do not, the flies will come to it, and taint it.]) ― -b2- It is also applied as a title, by writers of letters and the like, to any great man with whom people are wont to be present; [and sometimes to God; and meaning (tropical:) The object of resort;] as in the phrase, الحَضْرَةُ العَالِيَةُ تَأْمُرُ بِكَذَا (tropical:) [The exalted object of resort commands such a thing]. (MF.) [It is similar to الجَنَابُ; but is generally considered as implying greater respect than the latter. It is often prefixed to the name of the person to whom it is applied, or to a pronoun: as حَضْرَةُ فُلَانٍ (tropical:) The object of resort, such a one: and حَضْرَتُكَ (tropical:) The object of resort, thyself.] ― -b3- Also (tropical:) The vicinity of a thing, (T, A,) and of a man. (S. [So accord. to two copies of the S; but الرَّجُلِ is there an evident mistranscription, for الرَّحْلِ, “ of the house, ” or “ abode: ” see what follows.]) You say, كُنْتُ بِحَضْرَةِ الدَّارِ (tropical:) I was in the vicinity of, or near to, the house. (T, A.) And كُنَّا بِحَضْرَةِ مَآءٍ (tropical:) We were by a water. (TA from a trad.) And بِحَضْرَةِ المَآءِ (tropical:) In the vicinity of, or near to, the water. (A.) ― -b4- Also The فِنَآء of a رَجُل. (S. [So accord. to two copies of the S; where it is said, حَضْرَةُ الرَّجُلِ قُرْبُهُ وَفِنَاؤُهُ: but the right reading is evidently الرَّحْلِ: so that the second of the two meanings thus explained is, The court, or yard, in front, or extending from the sides, of a house, or an abode.]) -A2- And (tropical:) Apparatus for building, such as baked bricks, and gypsum-plaster: so in the saying, جَمَعَ الحَضْرَةَ يُرِيدُ بِنَآءَ دَارٍ (tropical:) [He collected the apparatus, such as the baked bricks, &c., desiring to build a house]. (A.) -A3- See also حَضَرٌ.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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