مَحْفِلٌ
1.
A place of collecting of water. (TA.)
2.
A place of assembling, or congregating, (T, S, Msb, K,) of a people; (S, Msb;) as also
مُحْتَفَلٌ: (S, K:) or a place of assembling, or congregating, of many persons: (El-Ámidee, MF:) or a place in which is an assembly, or congregation: (El-Munáwee, TA:) and a sittingplace: (T, TA:) plural مَحَافِلُ. (Msb.)
3.
[And The elevated platform for the
مُبَلِّغُون
in a mosque; also (in Egypt) called دَكَّةٌ, vulg. دِكَّة, it is surrounded by a low railing or parapet, and generally supported by small columns.]