Other forms: pilgrimages
A pilgrimage is a long journey made to a holy place. Go on pilgrimage, the pilgrimage to Mecca, a pilgrimage of thanks.
The hajj is the largest annual one, bringing millions to Mecca in a few days. Walking routes like the Camino draw people with no religion at all, which suggests the journey does something the destination does not. The word also means any journey of reverence.
1nounpilgrimageA long journey made to a holy place.
“Every year, thousands of believers make a pilgrimage to the shrine on foot.”
pilgrimage is a journey.
From pilgrim, from Latin peregrinus, a foreigner. A pilgrimage is a journey made as a stranger.
Middle English
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English, today
pilgrimage
From Middle English pilgrimage. by surface analysis, pilgrim + -age.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA