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ihram (ee-RAHM) - n., the seamless white robes worn by male hajj on pilgrimage to Mecca; the state of ritual purity required for such pilgrimage and other acts of worship.
The robe being one component of the purified state, but as the most visible part, that's the more common meaning known in English. The robe is white and without seams or knots, and normally in two pieces, one wrapped around the waist, the other draped over the left shoulder. From Arabic, of course: iḥrām, literally, prohibition, an infinitive form derived from ḥarama, to prohibit.
---L.
The robe being one component of the purified state, but as the most visible part, that's the more common meaning known in English. The robe is white and without seams or knots, and normally in two pieces, one wrapped around the waist, the other draped over the left shoulder. From Arabic, of course: iḥrām, literally, prohibition, an infinitive form derived from ḥarama, to prohibit.
---L.
