Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The sacred dress of Muslim pilgrims, consisting of two lengths of white cotton, one wrapped around the loins, the other thrown over the left shoulder.
- noun The state of ritual purity of Muslims in wearing this dress for pilgrimage or for other acts of worship, especially the daily worship.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The dress assumed by Mohammedan pilgrims.
- noun The state in which a pilgrim is held to be from the time he assumes this distinctive garb until he lays it aside.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The peculiar dress worn by pilgrims to Mecca.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Islam the state of
ritual purity anddedication of aMuslim hajj pilgrim toMecca - noun Islam the
clothing worn on such apilgrimage ; one length ofcotton cloth around theloins and another thrown over theleft shoulder
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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His first care was to dress himself in accordance with the law prescribed for the faithful who enter Mecca -- in the "ihram," or pieces of cloth without seam, one covering the loins, the other thrown over the neck and shoulders.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century Jules Verne 1866
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The white seamless garb of the pilgrims, called "ihram," symbolizes purity and equality of mankind and erases all signs of class and culture.
unknown title 2009
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However, one way in which gender distinctions remain is that men don the ihram, the white unstitched pilgrim's garb, while women are freer to wear other forms of modest clothing, including colorful national or cultural dresses.
Zahra N. Jamal, Ph.D.: Hajj Diaries: The Multiple Dimensions Of Muslim Pilgrimage Ph.D. Zahra N. Jamal 2011
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However, one way in which gender distinctions remain is that men don the ihram, the white unstitched pilgrim's garb, while women are freer to wear other forms of modest clothing, including colorful national or cultural dresses.
Zahra N. Jamal, Ph.D.: Hajj Diaries: The Multiple Dimensions Of Muslim Pilgrimage Ph.D. Zahra N. Jamal 2011
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He spent about 20 hours wearing the ihram, a traditional two-piece garment comprising two white unhemmed sheets.
HW Bio: Malcolm X « 2009
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In darkness, thousands trekked to the outskirts of the city, shedding everyday clothes after a shower and returning in the pilgrims snow white ihram outfitstwo towel-like garments that symbolize purity and leave mens right shoulders exposed.
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After they don the ihram, the Hajjaaj begin a ritual known as the Tawaf (tahwaf; to turn), in which they walk around the ka'ba (kah-bah), a cubelike structure located in the middle of the masjid al-Haraam (mas-jeed al-hah-ram; The Sacred Mosque of Mecca).
Arabic for Dummies Bouchentouf, Amine 2006
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As soon as the Hajjaaj arrive in Mecca, they must shed all their worldly clothing and possessions and change into sandals and a simple ihram (eeh-ram), which basically consists of a white cloth wrapped around the body.
Arabic for Dummies Bouchentouf, Amine 2006
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The logic behind wearing only the ihram is that every Hajjaaj is equal before God, and because no difference exists between a king and a beggar during the Hajj, everyone must wear the same thing.
Arabic for Dummies Bouchentouf, Amine 2006
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After a complete ablution and assuming the ihram, we performed two prayer-flections, and recited the meritorious sentences beginning with the words “Labbaik Allah huma labbaik!”
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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