[haj] 
| the pilgrimage to Mecca, which every adult Muslim is supposed to make at least once in his or her lifetime: the fifth of the Pillars of Islam. |
| haj or hajj also hadj (hāj) n. pl. haj·es or hajj·es also hadj·es Islam A pilgrimage to Mecca during Dhu'l Hijja, made as an objective of the religious life of a Muslim. [Arabic ḥajj, from ḥajja, to perform the annual Meccan pilgrimage; see ḥgg in Semitic roots.] |
