Pilgrimage

//ˈpɪlɡɹɪmɪd͡ʒ// name, noun, verb

name, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A journey made to a sacred place, or a religious journey.

    "In the Muslim faith, the pilgrimage to Mecca is known as the Hajj."

  2. 2
    a journey to a sacred place wordnet
  3. 3
    A visit to any site revered or associated with a meaningful event. broadly

    "Each year we made a pilgrimage to New York City to visit the pub where we all first met."

Verb
  1. 1
    To go on a pilgrimage.

    "in descent, as now, he always had a holy sense of having pilgerimaged, of returning having seen behind a veil."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The 22nd sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Synonyms

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adventurecampaigncircuitcoursecruisecrusade

Example

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"What's the purpose of a life of pilgrimage?"

Etymology

From Middle English pilgrimage. By surface analysis, pilgrim + -age.

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