hajj
noun
the pilgrimage to Mecca, which every adult Muslim is supposed to make at least once in their lifetime: the fifth of the Pillars of Islam.
haj,
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a variation of
hajj.
Example Sentences
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Saudi Arabia will remove COVID-19 restrictions for the 2023 haj season and host pre-pandemic numbers of pilgrims, the kingdom's ministry of haj and umrah said on Monday.
From Reuters ● Jan. 10, 2023
About 19 million also took part annually in the umrah, another form of pilgrimage to Mecca which - unlike the haj - can be carried out at any time of the year, before the pandemic.
From Reuters ● Jan. 9, 2023
April 1998: One hundred and nineteen Muslim pilgrims are crushed to death during the haj in Saudi Arabia.
From Reuters ● Oct. 29, 2022
Jan 2006: Three hundred and sixty-two Muslim pilgrims are crushed to death at the eastern entrance of the Jamarat Bridge when pilgrims jostle to perform the haj stoning ritual.
From Reuters ● Oct. 29, 2022
Ni estos kvin pleje haj ili sep malpleje = We shall be five at most and they seven at least.
From The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary by George Cox
