haj

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  1. noun Islam A pilgrimage to Mecca during Dhu'l Hijja, made as an objective of the religious life of a Muslim.

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  • And Wazir the mir haj was an ally of Abul Fazl, and therefore suspicious of Bistami, dismissive of him to the point of contempt. —  THE YEARS OF RICE AND SALT - Kim Stanley Robinson
  • The year in Mecca always oriented itself in time to the haj, in just the same way that Islam oriented itself in space to Mecca. —  THE YEARS OF RICE AND SALT - Kim Stanley Robinson
  • Past endless pens of sheep and goats, past cheese dairies, granaries, date palm groves., then into the outskirts of Medina, a sleepy, sandy, dilapidated little settlement when the haj was not there to bring it alive. —  THE YEARS OF RICE AND SALT - Kim Stanley Robinson
  • Including Medina and Mecca, which grew in population rapidly as the haj approached, and shepherds poured into town with their flocks, tradesmen with their wares—clothing, travelling equipment to replace things broken or lost, religious scripts, mementos of the haj, and so on. —  THE YEARS OF RICE AND SALT - Kim Stanley Robinson
  • I intend to make the haj, but I like the idea of your hegira very much; I would like to see Firanja for myself. —  THE YEARS OF RICE AND SALT - Kim Stanley Robinson
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  1. Arabic ḥajj, from ḥajja, to perform the annual Meccan pilgrimage; see ḥgg in Semitic roots.
 

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