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‖ umrah, n. Islam.|ˈumra|
Also 9 omra, 9– umra.
[Arab. ꜥumra.]
A lesser pilgrimage to Mecca made separately or at the same time as the hajj, and consisting of a number of devotional rituals performed within the city.
a1817J. L. Burckhardt Trav. Arabia (1829) I. 180 The visit of the Omra is..an ancient custom. Mohammed retained the practice. 1841J. M. Rodwell Koran 659 (Index), Visit (Umra) of the Holy places. 1911Encycl. Brit. XVII. 421/1 Beside the hajj (great pilgrimage) Islam also recognizes the merit of the ꜥumra (or lesser pilgrimage). 1934Encycl. Islam IV. 1017/1 The Muslim ꜥumra as a group of ceremonies forming a single whole also goes back to a pre-Muḥammadan institution. 1976Daily Times (Lagos) 24 May 3/1 The board said that the fare for a pilgrim going for the Umrah has been fixed at ₦250. 1989C. Glassé Conc. Encycl. Islam 410/2 The consecrated garb for the ꜥumrah..is usually put on in Jeddah or at one of the mosques around the perimeter of the Ḥaram of Mecca. |