hadj
Britishnoun
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His inclusion on the list, Belhadj said, was politically motivated.
From Washington Post
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 Project Gutenberg
The hadj, or pilgrim-caravan, pursues its route principally by night, and by torchlight.
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In every hadj some of the pilgrims remain behind: the Mohammedan, whenever resident for any time in a town, takes a wife, and is thus often induced to settle permanently on the spot.
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I had just returned from the hadj when I joined the Mandalay at Port Said!
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