كَتِيبَةٌ

1.
see كِتَابٌ.
2.
An army; a military force: (S, K:) or a collected portion thereof; (Msb;) [a body of troops; a corps:] or a troop: or a troop of horse making a hostile attack or incursion, in number from a hundred to a thousand: (K:) plural كَتَايءِبُ. (S.)

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