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قُدْسٌ ذ and ↓ قُدُسٌ [Holiness, sanctity:] purity: (S, A, Msb, K:) [each] a subst. as well as an inf. n.: (S, A, K:) the former a contraction of the latter. (Msb.) ― -b2- Hence, (S,) حَظِيرَةُ القُدْسِ, or ↓ القُدُسِ , [The Enclosure of Holiness or Purity;] i. e., Paradise. (S, A.) ― -b3- [Hence, also,] رُوحُالقُدُسِ , (S, A, K,) and رُوحُ القُدْسِ, accord. to the reading of Ibn-Ketheer, (Bd, ii. 81,) [The Spirit of Holiness or Purity; properly applied to The Holy Spirit, The Third Person of the Trinity, in Christian theology; generally, but incorrectly, called by the Eastern Christians among the Arabs الرُّوحُ القُدُسُ: but accord. to the Muslims,] Jibreel [i. e. Gabriel, the Archangel]; (S, A, K; and Bd, ubi supra;) as also القُدْسُ and القُدُسُ: (K, TA:) or the Spirit of Jesus: or the Gospel: or the most great name of God, by which Jesus used to raise to life the dead: (Bd, ubi supra:) or God's protection and direction. (A.) You say, رُوحُ القُدُسِ مَعَكَ, and مُعِينُكَ, Gabriel, or God's protection and direction, be with thee, and be thine aider. (A.) ― -b4- قُدْسٌ or ↓ قُدُسٌ also signifies Blessing. (M, TA.) ― -b5- Also, القُدْسُ and ↓ القُدُسُ i. q. البَيْتُ المُقَدَّسُ, q. v. (K,) or بَيْتُ المَقْدِسِ. (A.) ― -b6- And ↓ أَرْضُ القُدُسِ [or ارض القُدْسِ] i. q. الارض المُقَدَّسَةُ. (TA.)

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