Crossword-Solution: HEJIRA
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Hejira | n. | See Hegira. |
We have 7 clues for the answer “HEJIRA”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Joni Mitchell album inspired by a journey | 1 answer |
| Hijra | 1 answer |
| Joni Mitchell album with an Arabic-inspired title | 1 answer |
| Muhammadan migration | 1 answer |
| FLIGHT of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina | 2 answers |
| Mohammed's flight from Mecca. | 2 answers |
| hegira | 5 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
EZMACE
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with HEJIRA (5)
Thursday, the 9th of Shaban, in the 605th year of the Hejira, is known all over the West as the amun-al-ark, the year of the battle of Alarcos, gained over the Christians by the Moslems of Andaluz, on which fatal day Christendom suffered a defeat so signal, that it was feared the Spanish peninsula would be entirely wrested away from the dominion of the Cross.
Dubois finds reason to believe that the founders of the Songhese empire came from Yemen, and sought refuge from Moslem fanaticism in Central Africa some hundred and fifty years after the Hejira.
The Hejira is the beginning of the Mohammedan era; and so in all countries where the rulers and people are Mohammedans, the years are counted from the Hejira instead of from the birth of Christ.
The date of Bahá’u’lláh is calculated according to lunar years from the mission and the Hejira of Muḥammad; for in the religion of Muḥammad the lunar year is in use, as also it is the lunar year which is employed concerning all commands of worship.
This twelve hundred and sixty years is a prophecy of the manifestation of the Báb, the “Gate” of Bahá’u’lláh, which took place in the year 1260 of the Hejira of Muḥammad, and as the period of twelve hundred and sixty years has expired, Jerusalem, the Holy City, is now beginning to become prosperous, populous and flourishing.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: New Yorker, WSJ.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (2011–2020).