haji
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For 13 centuries, pious Moslems have done so, and thereafter been honored as haji.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dried shallots and pashmak and haji badum, which are these little baked almond candies, and a new tablecloth.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
I put my clothes on and came into the waiting area where Esther, Leslie, and Al- haji sat.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
Then an old wizened fellow, a haji from his green turban showing he had seen Mecca, came up and they conversed.
From In Mesopotamia by Maurice Nicoll
A boat was now lowered from the vessel, in which p. 343the captain, who was charged with the mail from Gibraltar, the Jew secretary, and the haji and his attendant negroes departed for the shore.
From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by George Henry Borrow
Defectors, say the Saudis, are "guests" and "Arab brothers" -- and all EPWs are considered hajis, religious pilgrims to Mecca, and are to be treated accordingly.
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