OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 2468

hajj

/hæd͡ʒ/
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hajj
The pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; the fifth of the five pillars of Islam.
The restored cottage, which has been open to tourists since 1891 (Woodrow Wilson came here on a cycling tour in 1899), is the Kaabah of a Lake District haj, a must-see for all pilg…
The word Hajj is explained by Moslem divines to mean “Kasd,” or aspiration, and to express man’s sentiment that he is but a wayfarer on earth wending towards another and a nobler w…
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