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Definition of: ihram
(ē·räm′) noun
1. A two–piece, white cotton dress worn by the Moslem pilgrims to Mecca, of which one piece is girded round the waist and the other is worn over the left shoulder.
2. A pilgrim who has assumed this garb.
3. The regulations that he must observe. [<Arabic iḥram interdiction <ḥarama forbid]
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