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   Pil·grim·age

   /ˈpilɡrəmij/

   

   noun

   • 1. a pilgrim's journey: "he wanted to go on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela"
   • ▪ a journey to a place associated with someone or something well known or respected: "making a pilgrimage to the famous racing circuit"
   • ▪ life viewed as a journey: "life's pilgrimage"

   verb

   • 1. go on a pilgrimage: "thousands pilgrimage there every year"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Provençal pelegrinage, from pelegrin (see pilgrim).

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   What does pilgrimage mean?

   • Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free! Can you solve 4 words at once? Get Word of the Day daily email! The meaning of PILGRIMAGE is a journey of a pilgrim; especially : one to a shrine or a sacred place.

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   What does it mean if you make a pilgrimage to a holy place?

   • If you make a pilgrimage to a holy place, you go there for a religious reason. A pilgrimage is a journey that someone makes to a place that is very important to them. His father took him on a sentimental pilgrimage to Ireland. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. Collins English Dictionary.

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   What does it mean to be a pilgrim?

   • Pilgrimage usually entails some separation (alone or in a group) from the everyday world of home, and pilgrims may mark their new identity by wearing special clothes or abstaining from physical comforts. Frequently, pilgrimages link sacred place with sacred time.

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   What is a pilgrimage destination?

   • Pilgrimage destinations can be places where a religious teacher was born, a miracle or mystery took place, or where the natural world holds sacred significance. He spent $7,000 for most of his family to make the pilgrimage. They did this as a spiritual practice, a pilgrimage beyond the familiar and into an unknown future.

   PILGRIMAGE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   What makes a pilgrimage special?

   • A further common feature of pilgrimages is the availability of small souvenirs—relics, containers of holy water, icons, and so on—that allow the sacredness of a shrine to be transported back to the pilgrim’s home.

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   Why is pilgrimage important?

   • The institution of pilgrimage is evident in all world religions and was also important in the pagan religions of ancient Greece and Rome. Great centres of pilgrimage attract visitors from widely dispersed cultural backgrounds and geographic locations, often enabling them to commemorate the origins of their particular faith.

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   The meaning of PILGRIMAGE is a journey of a pilgrim; especially : one to a shrine or a sacred place. How to use pilgrimage in a sentence.

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   A pilgrimage is a journey to a holy place, which can lead to a personal transformation, after which the pilgrim returns to their daily life.

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   Pilgrimage definition: a journey, especially a long one, made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion. See examples of PILGRIMAGE used in a sentence.

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    pilgrimage, a journey undertaken for a religious motive. Although some pilgrims have wandered continuously with no fixed destination, pilgrims more commonly seek a specific place that has been sanctified by association with a divinity or other holy personage.

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    noun. 1. a journey to a shrine or other sacred place. 2. a journey or long search made for exalted or sentimental reasons. verb. 3. (intransitive) to make a pilgrimage. Collins English Dictionary.