Synonyms for pilgrimage


Grammar : Noun
Spell : pil-gruh-mij
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɪl grə mɪdʒ


Définition of pilgrimage

Origin :
  • late 13c., pelrimage; from pilgrim + -age and also from Old French pelrimage, pelerinage "pilgrimage, distant journey, crusade," from peleriner "to go on a pilgrimage." Modern spelling from early 14c.
  • noun long journey
Example sentences :
  • Moreover, all the fourteen trains of the pilgrimage were timed to leave that day.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • And did Bernadette ever extend the pilgrimage of her dreams as far as Bartres?
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • And thus Rome was become the place of pilgrimage for all the West.
  • Extract from : « The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI » by Thomas W. (Thomas William) Allies
  • Our pilgrimage was, apparently, ended—it had become an indefinite stay.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • What sunny memories were woven in that pilgrimage for the strollers!
  • Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham
  • Several years later the pilgrimage of Christiana was written.
  • Extract from : « Browning's England » by Helen Archibald Clarke
  • Were there no hardships, this would be no pilgrimage worthy of the name.
  • Extract from : « Afloat on the Ohio » by Reuben Gold Thwaites
  • And will not the days of the years of our pilgrimage be as short as theirs?
  • Extract from : « Brief Reflections relative to the Emigrant French Clergy (1793) » by Frances Burney
  • He said that by the mercy of the Most High he was going on a pilgrimage.
  • Extract from : « An Outcast of the Islands » by Joseph Conrad
  • It was about some Malay returning from pilgrimage with wife and children.
  • Extract from : « An Outcast of the Islands » by Joseph Conrad

Antonyms for pilgrimage

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