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pilgrimage

Pronunciation: /ˈpɪlgrɪmɪdʒ/

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Definition of pilgrimage

noun

a pilgrim’s journey: he wanted to go on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela [mass noun]:a place of pilgrimage
a journey to a place of particular interest or significance:his passion was opera and he made annual pilgrimages to Bayreuth
chiefly literary life viewed as a journey: now is the thirty-first year of my dark pilgrimage on this earth