Hajj in a sentence as a noun

The biggest "employer" in the country is the yearly hajj pilgrimage, which isn't a lot. The latter is incredibly hard because of the former.

Com/2011/04/25/sami-al-hajj-al-jaz... Oh, wait that's not the one you were looking for; it's much worse; he's being held in a concentration camp; and questioned extensively about his employer...

And like back in 2003, when health officials worried about airplane travelers in confined spaces transmitting the virus across the globe, the hajj poses a unique risk of transmission, one that could catapult this still-small outbreak into a full-fledged pandemic. Containment will become nearly impossible as millions of pilgrims flock from virtually every country on the globe to the kingdom during the holy month.

Hajj definitions

noun

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; "for a Muslim the hajj is the ultimate act of worship"

See also: hadj