pilgrimage

pronunciation

How to pronounce pilgrimage in British English: UK [ˈpɪlɡrɪmɪdʒ]word uk audio image

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  • Noun:
    a journey to a sacred place

Word Origin

pilgrimage (n.)
late 13c., pelrimage; from pilgrim + -age and also from Old French pelrimage, pelerinage "pilgrimage, distant journey, crusade," from peleriner "to go on a pilgrimage." Modern spelling from early 14c.

Synonym

Example

1. Their walk is a pilgrimage of sorts .
2. Mexico city : a migrant carries a wooden cross as he participates in a symbolic pilgrimage to celebrate the passage of a bill giving migrants legal rights
3. Over 2000 copts made the pilgrimage from egypt at easter , says israel 's tourism ministry .
4. The hajj pilgrimage runs this year from roughly oct. 24 to oct. 29 .
5. What began as a solitary pilgrimage has ended by creating a companionable forum where the city 's eccentrics foregather .

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