pilgrimage

  • 11pilgrimage — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ annual ▪ religious, spiritual VERB + PILGRIMAGE ▪ go on, make ▪ She made a pilgrimage to visit the place where h …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 12pilgrimage — n. 1) to go on, make a pilgrimage 2) a pilgrimage to (they went on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem) 3) on a pilgrimage * * * [ pɪlgrɪmɪdʒ] make a pilgrimage on a pilgrimage to go on a pilgrimage to (they went on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 13pilgrimage —    Visiting holy sites is one of the central activities in Hinduism. Many pilgrims visit shrines, rivers, sacred mountains, and sacred groves to obtain spiritual benefits; others go to achieve the worldly benefits that can also accrue from… …

    Encyclopedia of Hinduism

  • 14Pilgrimage — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Pilgrimage », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Pilgrimage est un mot anglais signifiant… …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 15pilgrimage — [[t]pɪ̱lgrɪmɪʤ[/t]] pilgrimages 1) N COUNT If you make a pilgrimage to a holy place, you go there for a religious reason. ...the pilgrimage to Mecca. 2) N COUNT: usu with supp A pilgrimage is a journey that someone makes to a place that is very… …

    English dictionary

  • 16pilgrimage — pil|grim|age [ˈpılgrımıdʒ] n [U and C] 1.) a journey to a holy place for religious reasons make a pilgrimage/go on (a) pilgrimage ▪ the chance to go on pilgrimage to Mecca 2.) a journey to a place connected with someone or something famous ▪… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17pilgrimage — UK [ˈpɪlɡrɪmɪdʒ] / US noun Word forms pilgrimage : singular pilgrimage plural pilgrimages a) [countable/uncountable] a journey that a religious person makes to a holy place He was on a pilgrimage to Tirupathi temple in south India. b) [countable] …

    English dictionary

  • 18Pilgrimage — Adam was the first pilgrim: after the expulsion from Eden life became exile; within life there is the journey towards salvation. The great time of pilgrimage was the 12 15c, esp. for ordinary people. But even in the 9c monks and kings made… …

    Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • 19PILGRIMAGE —    the practice of visiting SACRED sites which have HISTORICAL or other significance in a given religious TRADITION. In CHRISTIANITY the cities of ROME and JERUSALEM were traditional centers of pilgrimage although smaller sites such as… …

    Concise dictionary of Religion

  • 20pilgrimage —    Medieval England had many pilgrimage centres, including those of Thomas a Becket at Canterbury, the Virgin Mary at Walsingham (Norfolk), the Holy Rood at Bromholm (Norfolk), the Holy Blood at Hailes Abbey (Gloucestershire), and *Glastonbury.… …

    A Dictionary of English folklore