Stature, and goodly stature, or tallness, of a man: (S:) symmetry, or justness of proportion. (Msb.)
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قِوَامُ الأَمْرِ and قِيَامُهُ and قَوَامُهُThe stay, or support, of the thing, or affair, whereby it subsists, and is managed and ordered. (Msb.) And قِوَامٌ The food that is a man's support; (Msb;) [his subsistence.]
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قِوَامٌ [The main stay of a thing.]
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لَا قِوَامَ لَهُ بِهِ [He has not power to withstand him. (K, article نجز.)