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# pilgrimage

«pilgrimage» in Mova's school dictionary: **A journey to a holy place for religious reasons, such as…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a pilgrimage, pilgrimages); verb (rare: pilgrimage)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A journey to a holy place for religious reasons, such as Christians going to Jerusalem or Muslims going to Mecca. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pilgrimage/#m1)

2) A trip to a place that is very special to you, such as a famous writer's house or a sports ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pilgrimage/#m2)

3) (formal) A long life journey thought of as a search for something good. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pilgrimage/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In religion lessons a pilgrimage shows faith in action: people walk or travel far to pray in a special place (Lourdes, Canterbury, Santiago, Mecca for the hajj). In stories it means a long meaningful trip. Phrases: «go on a pilgrimage», «make a pilgrimage to», «place of pilgrimage».

### examples

- Many Christians go on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pilgrimage/#x1)
- In The Canterbury Tales the travellers are on a pilgrimage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pilgrimage/#x2)
- The hajj is the pilgrimage to Mecca that Muslims try to make once in their lives. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pilgrimage/#x3)
- Dad made a pilgrimage to the old football ground where he watched his first match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pilgrimage/#x4)
- Pilgrims on the pilgrimage walked for many days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pilgrimage/#x5)
- Lourdes in France is a famous place of pilgrimage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pilgrimage/#x6)
- Our class read about a pilgrimage across Spain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pilgrimage/#x7)
- I who have four times made the pilgrimage to Mecca, and have renounced wine for ever." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pilgrimage/#x8)

### note

Countable noun. A person on a pilgrimage is a pilgrim. Spelling: pil-gri-mage, ends in -age. Do not confuse with «pilgrim» (the person) or with the Pilgrims who sailed to America.

### In the corpora

- [Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2217/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pilgrimage» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pilgrimage/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.