Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pilgrimage"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pilgrimage \Pil"grim*age\, n. [OE. pilgrimage, pelgrinage; cf.
F. p[`e]lerinage.]
1. The journey of a pilgrim; a long journey; especially, a
journey to a shrine or other sacred place. Fig., the
journey of human life. --Shak.
The days of the years of my pilgrimage. --Gen.
xlvii. 9.
2. A tedious and wearisome time.
In prison hast thou spent a pilgrimage. --Shak.
Syn: Journey; tour; excursion. See {Journey}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pilgrimage
n : a journey to a sacred place [syn: {pilgrim's journey}]
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