Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A journey to a sacred place or shrine.
- noun A long journey or search, especially one of exalted purpose or moral significance.
- intransitive verb To go on a pilgrimage.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A journey undertaken by a pilgrim; a traveling on through a strange country or to some place deemed sacred in order to perform some religious vow or duty, or obtain some spiritual or miraculous benefit.
- noun Figuratively, the journey of life; the time spent in passing through the world to the “better land.”
- noun The time occupied by a pilgrimage; hence, a lifetime.
- noun Synonyms Voyage, Tour, etc. See
journey . - To go as a pilgrim.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The journey of a pilgrim; a long journey; especially, a journey to a shrine or other sacred place. Fig., the journey of human life.
- noun A tedious and wearisome time.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
journey made to asacred place, or areligious journey. - noun by extension A
visit to anysite revered or associated with a meaningful event.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a journey to a sacred place
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Examples
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Neither is the term pilgrimage characteristic of the journey, which has the sketchiness and levity of a flying tour rather than the observant gravity of a patient pilgrimage.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 560, August 4, 1832 Various
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(RNS) Chad Gibbs has been on a pigskin pilgrimage throughout the South, searching for spiritual truth in Tuscaloosa, Baton Rouge, Gainesville and Fayetteville.
Faith And Fanaticism In South's Football God Clay Chiles 2010
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(RNS) Chad Gibbs has been on a pigskin pilgrimage throughout the South, searching for spiritual truth in Tuscaloosa, Baton Rouge, Gainesville and Fayetteville.
Faith And Fanaticism In South's Football God Clay Chiles 2010
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(RNS) Chad Gibbs has been on a pigskin pilgrimage throughout the South, searching for spiritual truth in ...
Faith And Fanaticism In South's Football God Clay Chiles 2010
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(RNS) Chad Gibbs has been on a pigskin pilgrimage throughout the South, searching for spiritual truth in ...
Faith And Fanaticism In South's Football God Clay Chiles 2010
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(RNS) Chad Gibbs has been on a pigskin pilgrimage throughout the South, searching for spiritual truth in Tuscaloosa, Baton Rouge, Gainesville and Fayetteville.
Faith And Fanaticism In South's Football God Clay Chiles 2010
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This pilgrimage is to make reparation for the sins of our nation.
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(RNS) Chad Gibbs has been on a pigskin pilgrimage throughout the South, searching for spiritual truth in Tuscaloosa, Baton Rouge, Gainesville and Fayetteville.
Faith And Fanaticism In South's Football God The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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(RNS) Chad Gibbs has been on a pigskin pilgrimage throughout the South, searching for spiritual truth in ...
Faith And Fanaticism In South's Football God Clay Chiles 2010
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(RNS) Chad Gibbs has been on a pigskin pilgrimage throughout the South, searching for spiritual truth in ...
Faith And Fanaticism In South's Football God Clay Chiles 2010
biocon commented on the word pilgrimage
Pilgrimage (verb) means "1. to travel; to wander; to stay or dwell in a foreign land; to sojourn; 2. to travel to a sacred place, etc., as an act of devotion; to make a pilgrimage, to go on a pilgrimage (Oxford English Dictionary).
July 12, 2011
bilby commented on the word pilgrimage
The kind of verb I'm loatheaging.
July 12, 2011