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Hegira

WordNet
  1. (n) hegira
    a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment
  2. (n) Hegira
    the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 which marked the beginning of the Muslim era; the Muslim calendar begins in that year
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Hegira
    The flight of Mohammed from Mecca, September 13, a. d. 622 (subsequently established as the first year of the Moslem era); hence, any flight or exodus regarded as like that of Mohammed.☞ The starting point of the Era was made to begin, not from the date of the flight, but from the first day of the Arabic year, which corresponds to July 16, a. d. 622.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) hegira
    See hejira.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Hegira
    hej′i-ra the flight of Mohammed from Mecca, 15th July 622 A.D., from which is dated the Mohammedan era: any flight.
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary Ar. hijrah, flight

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Ar. hijrah, flight, hajara, to leave.

Usage in the news

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Usage in literature

This was the first Hegira, or flight of the persecuted Moslems. "A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád'" by Moulavi Gerágh Ali

It was almost the very year of the Hegira, which marks the rise of the Mahometan imposture and rule. "Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3)" by John Henry Newman

I think, myself, it was a Mohammed and his Hegira. "The Book of the Damned" by Charles Fort

It was the modern hegira! "Four Years in Rebel Capitals" by T. C. DeLeon

This was completed in the year of the Hegira, 1067, A.D., 1656. "Mystics and Saints of Islam" by Claud Field

What had her Hegira been like? "Vigorish" by Gordon Randall Garrett

His journey through Texas was a complete ovation, instead of a hegira. "Southern Literature From 1579-1895" by Louise Manly

Hegira, Mohammedanism dates from, 143. "History of Education" by Levi Seeley

While this terrible Hegira was taking place, Mr Proctor sat opposite Gerald Wentworth, sipping his claret and talking of Italy. "The Perpetual Curate" by Mrs [Margaret] Oliphant

Their advent was also the Hegira from which every thing in the family dated. "The Cryptogram" by James De Mille