pilgrimage
Syllables: pil·gri·mage/ˈpɪlɡɹɪmɪd͡ʒ/
pilgrimage noun: a journey made to a sacred place, or a religious journey.
Noun
pilgrimage (plural pilgrimages)
- A journey made to a sacred place, or a religious journey.
- In the Muslim faith, the pilgrimage to Mecca is known as the Hajj.
- 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
- A visit to any site revered or associated with a meaningful event.
- Each year we made a pilgrimage to New York City to visit the pub where we all first met.
- 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, Timothy W. Ryback, “The Hitler Shrine”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2016
Verb
pilgrimage (third-person singular simple present pilgrimages, present participle pilgrimaging, simple past and past participle pilgrimaged)
- To go on a pilgrimage.
- in descent, as now, he always had a holy sense of having pilgerimaged, of returning having seen behind a veil.2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 78
Proper noun capitalized: Pilgrimage
Pilgrimage
pilgrimage meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
pilgrimage in Hindi
- religious journey, or one to a sacred place
- तीर्थ tīrth
pilgrimage in Tamil
- யாத்திரை, புனிதப் பயணம், ஆன்மிகச் சுற்றுலா
pilgrimage in Marathi
- religious journey, or one to a sacred place
- तीर्थयात्रा tīrthayātrā
pilgrimage in Urdu
- religious journey, or one to a sacred place
- زیارت zyārat, حج hajj, haj
More languagesFewer languages
- pilgrimage in Bengali
- তীর্থযাত্রা জিয়ারত tirthojatra
- pilgrimage in Telugu
- తీర్థయాత్ర tīrthayātra
- pilgrimage in Malayalam
- തീർത്ഥാടനം
- pilgrimage in Kannada
- ಯಾತ್ರೆ, ತೀರ್ಥಯಾತ್ರೆ
- pilgrimage in Punjabi
- ਤੀਰਥ ਯਾਤਰਾ
- pilgrimage in Gujarati
- તીર્થયાત્રા tīrthayātrā, યાત્રા yātrā
- pilgrimage in Odia
- ତୀର୍ଥଯାତ୍ରା
- pilgrimage in Nepali
- तीर्थयात्रा, तीर्थस्थल, तीर्थ यात्रा
- pilgrimage in Pashto
- زيارت zyārát, حج haǰ
- pilgrimage in Arabic
- حَجّ ḥajj
- pilgrimage in Malay
- ziarah
- pilgrimage in Indonesian
- ziarah, penziarahan, berziarah
- pilgrimage in Persian
- زیارت ziyârat, حج hajj
- pilgrimage in Vietnamese
- cuộc hành hương
Examples of pilgrimage in a sentence
- 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...
- 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 many temples dedicated in her honor will host massive pilgrimages every year in the spring.2018 December 31, Paula Chao, “God of Earth welcomes the Matsu pilgrimage in person?”, in Radio Taiwan International, archived from the...
- 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 The New York Times, archived from the original on 19 Aug...
Forms of pilgrimage
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | pilgrimages |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | pilgrimages |
| present participle | pilgrimaging |
| past participle | pilgrimaged |
| past | pilgrimaged |
Origin of pilgrimage
From Middle English pilgrimage. By surface analysis, pilgrim + -age.
Words formed from pilgrimage
Questions about pilgrimage
- What does pilgrimage mean?
- Pilgrimage means a journey made to a sacred place, or a religious journey.
- What is pilgrimage in Hindi?
- Pilgrimage in Hindi is तीर्थ (tīrth). See Pilgrimage meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use pilgrimage in a sentence?
- It was like a weary pilgrimage amongst hints for nightmares.
- What part of speech is pilgrimage?
- Pilgrimage can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce pilgrimage?
- Pilgrimage is pronounced /ˈpɪlɡɹɪmɪd͡ʒ/.
- What is the plural of pilgrimage?
- The plural of pilgrimage is pilgrimages.
Words near pilgrimage in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pilgrimage (page history and authors); Pilgrimage (page history and authors); pilgrimage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); తీర్థయాత్ర (Telugu) (page history and authors); pilgrimage (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pilgrimage (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pilgrimage (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); તીર્થયાત્રા (Gujarati) (page history and authors); pilgrimage (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pilgrimage (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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