hadj
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Still, there is no imperative for the devout to visit the Dome as there is for them to make a hadj to Mecca.
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
But this was to be a hadj with a double mission.
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
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.
From Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred by Burckhardt, John Lewis
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