مُقَدَّسٌ
1.
Hallowed, or sanctified: consecrated: purified:] blessed. (M.)
2.
المُقَدَّسُ, applied to God: see القُدُّوسُ.
3.
البَيْتُ المُقَدَّسُ, (K,) and بَيْتُ المُقَدَّسِ, (S, K,) and [more commonly] بَيْتُ
المَقْدِسِ, (M, A, K,) which [i. e. المَقْدِس] is either formed from مُقَدَّسٌ by rejecting the augmentative letter, or is a subst. not formed from a verb, like as Sb says of المَنْكِبُ, (M,) [signifying The hallowed, or consecrated, or purified, or blessed, dwelling; or the dwelling of the hallowed, &c.; are appellations of Jerusalem;] also called
القُدْسُ [which is the name generally given to it in the present day] and
القُدُسُ; (A, K;) because one is purified therein from sins, or because of the blessing that is therein. (TA.)
4.
الأَرْضُ المُقَدَّسَةُ
The [hallowed, or consecrated, or] purified land; (S, Msb, K;) or the pure land; (Fr;) or the blessed land; (IAar;) is an appellation of Damascus and Palestine and part of the Jordan: (Fr:) or Syria: (M:) and
أَرْضُ القُدُسِ [or
أَرْضُ القُدْسِ] signifies the same. (TA.)