Hajj

//hæd͡ʒ// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; the fifth of the five pillars of Islam.

    "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."

  2. 2
    the fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Hijja; at least once in a lifetime a Muslim is expected to make a religious journey to Mecca and the Kaaba wordnet

Etymology

From Arabic حَجّ (ḥajj, “pilgrimage”), from حَجَّ (ḥajja, “to go, to repair”).

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