مَجْمَعٌ
1.
and مَجْمِعٌ, (S, Msb, K,) the latter anomalous, like مَشْرِقٌ and مَغْرِبٌ &c., (TA,) A place of collecting, and the like: (S, Msb, * K:) [plural مَجَامِعُ] [Hence,] مَجْمَعُ البَحْرَيْنِ, in the Qur'an, 18:59, means The place where the two seas meet. (Bd.) And in like manner, where it is said in a tradition, فضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ مَجْمَعَ بَيْنَ عُنُقِى
وَكَتِفِى, [in which مَا seems to have been dropped by the copyist between مجمع and بين,] the meaning is, [And he struck with his hand] the place where my neck and my shoulder-blade meet. (TA.) [Hence also the phrase مَجَامِعُ المَحَامِدِ, explained above: see جَامِعٌ, near the end of the paragraph. And مَجَامِعُ الأُمُورِ, meaning The concurrences of affairs, or of circumstances, or of events.]
2.
A place in which people collect, assemble, or congregate: (Msb, * TA:) and [in like manner,]
مَجْمَعَةٌ signifies an assembly-room; a sitting room in which people assemble: (TA:) [plural of both مَجَامِعُ.] You say, هٰذَا الكَلَامُ أَوْلَجُ فِى
المَسَامِعِ وَأَجْوَلُ فِى المَجَامِعِ [This language, or discourse, is more, or most, penetrating into the ears, and more, or most, circulating in the places of assembly]. (TA.)
3.
See also جَمْعٌ, as synonym with جَمَاعَةٌ, in two places; and see 10, first sentence.
4.
[The whole of anything, considered as the place in which the several parts thereof are collected: see an instance voce خُفٌّ: and see also مُجْتَمَعٌ.]