سَادِنٌ

A minister, or servant, of the Kaabeh, (S, Mgh, L, Msb, K,) and [so in the S and L, but in the K “ or ”] of the temple of idols; (S, L, K;) and one who performs the office of doorkeeper, or chamberlain: (K:) plural سَدَنَةٌ: (S, Mgh, L, Msb, K:) or سَدَنَةٌ signifies the doorkeepers, or chamberlains, (حُجَّاب, [plural of حَاجِب,]) of the House [of God, i. e. the Kaabeh]; and the intendants of the idols in the Time of Ignorance; the latter being the primary application: (M, L:) but IB says that there is this difference between the سَادِن and the حَاجِب; that the latter precludes, and his license to do so belongs to another; whereas the سادن precludes, and his license to do so belongs to himself. (L.)