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HAJJ or HADJ, the Arabic word, meaning literally a " setting out," for the greater See also:

pilgrimage of Mahommedans to See also:Mecca, which takes See also:place from the 8th to the loth of the twelfth See also:month of the See also:Mahommedan See also:year; the lesser pilgrimage, called umrah or omra, may be made' to the See also:mosque at Mecca at any See also:time other than that of the hajj proper, and is also a meritorious See also:act. The See also:term hajji or hadji is given to those who have performed the greater pilgrimage. The word hajj is sometimes loosely used of any Mahommedan pilgrimage to a sacred place or See also:shrine, and is also applied to the.pilgrimages of Christians of the See also:East to the See also:Holy See also:Sepulchre at See also:Jerusalem (see MECCA; MAIIOMMEDAN See also:RELIGION).

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