hadj
Britishnoun
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But this was to be a hadj with a double mission.
From Time Magazine Archive
Moslems who arrived at Jeddah in record numbers last month on their way to make the annual hadj or pilgrimage to Mecca had to share facilities with another brand of pilgrim.
From Time Magazine Archive
Unlike Hussein and Sadat, the Syrian President had turned down Carter's invitation to make a political hadj to Washington.
From Time Magazine Archive
As part of that campaign, Iran sent about 100,000 of its citizens to Saudi Arabia for this year's hadj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca.
From Time Magazine Archive
With the Moslems or the followers of Mohammed, it is necessary that once in their lives they make the pilgrimage, or hadj as it is called, to Mecca.
From The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 16, February 25, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Various
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