Pilgrimage Meaning

/ˈpɪlɡɹɪmɪd͡ʒ/
B2

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nounA journey made to a sacred place, or a religious journey.

nounA visit to any site revered or associated with a meaningful event.

What's the purpose of a life of pilgrimage?
You are not really prepared to go on a pilgrimage.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Every year, many Muslims make a religious ____ to Mecca, which is a long journey.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She made a ____ to the holy city to fulfill a promise she had made during a difficult time.

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

"Rome, the mighty mother of the Christian faith, whose amphitheatres had been red with the blood of the saints, and where the pilgrimage and the miracle still testified to the truth." — 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 187:
"It was like a weary pilgrimage amongst hints for nightmares." — 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 204:
"Quarians are surgically fitted with their various immunity-boosted implants in preparation for leaving on Pilgrimage." — 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Quarians: Pilgrimage Codex entry:
"The Berghof, too, was largely reduced to ash, sparing it the indignity of the tour guides Hitler so dreaded, and leaving a place of pilgrimage for future generations of Hitler worshippers—exactly how Adolf Hitler would have wanted it." — 2005 April 26, Timothy W. Ryback, “The Hitler Shrine”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN:
"For fans, the shows are a pilgrimage, and a rediscovery of the joys of mass gatherings." — 2023 August 5, Ben Sisario, “How Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Conquered the World”, in New York Times:

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CEFR Practice Quiz
Every year, many Muslims make a religious ____ to Mecca, which is a long journey.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She made a ____ to the holy city to fulfill a promise she had made during a difficult time.

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