hajj
noun/hædʒ/
/hædʒ/
(also haj)
(usually the Hajj)
[singular]- the religious journey to Mecca that all Muslims try to make at least once in their lives. The Hajj is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.Topics Religion and festivalsc2Word Originfrom Arabic (al-) ḥajj ‘(the Great) Pilgrimage’.
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