hadj
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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But this was to be a hadj with a double mission.
From Time Magazine Archive
The reason: many of their planes were en route to Saudi Arabia, loaded with Moslem pilgrims intent on making the hadj.
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
The last time Idi Amin Dada visited Saudi Arabia was in 1978, when he made the hadj to Mecca as a Muslim pilgrim.
From Time Magazine Archive
I had just returned from the hadj when I joined the Mandalay at Port Said!
From The Quest of the Sacred Slipper by Rohmer, Sax
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