haji
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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For 13 centuries, pious Moslems have done so, and thereafter been honored as haji.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dried shallots and pashmak and haji badum, which are these little baked almond candies, and a new tablecloth.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
I put my clothes on and came into the waiting area where Esther, Leslie, and Al- haji sat.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
Then an old wizened fellow, a haji from his green turban showing he had seen Mecca, came up and they conversed.
From In Mesopotamia by Nicoll, Maurice
Day after day we had watched its brightness from the sea, and many a faithful haji had pointed out to his companions those fires which were Heaven’s witness to the sanctity of the spot.
From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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