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pilgrimage

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pil·grim·age  (plgr-mj)
n.
1. A journey to a sacred place or shrine.
2. A long journey or search, especially one of exalted purpose or moral significance.
intr.v. pil·grim·aged, pil·grim·ag·ing, pil·grim·ag·es
To go on a pilgrimage.

pilgrimage
Noun
1. a journey to a shrine or other holy place
2. a journey or long search made for sentimental reasons: a sentimental pilgrimage to the poet's birthplace
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pilgrimagepilgrimage - a journey to a sacred place
journey, journeying - the act of traveling from one place to another
hadj, haj, hajj - the fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Hijja; at least once in a lifetime a Muslim is expected to make a religious journey to Mecca and the Kaaba; "for a Muslim the hajj is the ultimate act of worship"

pilgrimage
Translations
Spanish pilgrimage [ˈpɪlgrɪmɪdʒ] nperegrinación f; romería
French pilgrimage [ˈpɪlgrɪmɪdʒ] npèlerinage m
German pilgrimage [ˈpɪlgrɪmɪdʒ] pilgrim nPilgerfahrt f, Wallfahrt f
Italian pilgrimage [ˈpɪlgrɪmɪdʒ] npellegrinaggio

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They began to look upon a pilgrimage more as a summer outing, and dressed in their best they rode comfortably on horseback.
There was but one conclusion to reach when all efforts to locate you had failed, and that, that you had taken the long, last pilgrimage down the mysterious River Iss, to await in the Valley Dor upon the shores of the Lost Sea of Korus the beautiful Dejah Thoris, your princess.
"Then," suggested the idea, with a blush for its own absurdity, "why not go on pilgrimage and seek her?
 
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