MEANING
A journey to a place regarded as sacred or spiritually important.
Use it for
devotional travel; spiritual tests; communities along sacred routesMake the destination's meaning shape the journey's hardship.
Words that belong together
- make a pilgrimage
- pilgrimage route
- sacred pilgrimage
On the page
Their pilgrimage continued after the shrine itself had burned.
She joined the pilgrimage to find someone she had refused to mourn.
A pilgrimage brought strangers to the village every spring.
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Word forms
- Base
- pilgrimage
Usage notes
Primary category: fantasy. Can be figurative for a visit made out of deep devotion; unlike a generic quest, its destination carries religious or reverential significance. Noun: pilgrimage; plural pilgrimages.
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