haji

Example Sentences

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For 13 centuries, pious Moslems have done so, and thereafter been honored as haji.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

The sum which he demanded appeared p. 338exorbitant to the haji, who, forgetting that he was a saint, and fresh from Mecca, fumed outrageously, and in broken Spanish called the boatman thief. 

From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry

He would have told me much more, but the haji called him away, and otherwise employed him, probably to prevent his being contaminated by me.

From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry