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Hajj - What does it mean?

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is likely misspelled.


has no English definition.

As a noun hajj

is the pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; one of the five pillars.

hajj

English

Alternative forms

* hadj * haj

Noun

(wikipedia hajj) (hajjes)
  • (Islam) The pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; one of the five pillars
  • * 1855': 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 world. — Sir Richard Francis Burton, ''Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah , 1855, Appendix I.

    • Derived terms

    * Hajji

    See also

    * ‘umra ----

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.