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pilgrimage


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pilgrimage 
  n  :  a  journey  to  a  sacred  place  [syn:  {pilgrim's  journey}] 




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