hadj
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
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
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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