Pilgrimage
['pɪlgrɪmɪdʒ] or ['pɪlɡrɪmɪdʒ]
Definition
(n.) The journey of a pilgrim; a long journey; especially, a journey to a shrine or other sacred place. Fig., the journey of human life.
(n.) A tedious and wearisome time.
Inputed by Angie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Journey (especially to some hallowed place), expedition, tour, excursion.
Typist: Winfred
Examples
- The Moor who has made a pilgrimage to Mecca is entitled to high distinction. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Medina and Mecca were now only of importance as pilgrimage centres, to which the faithful turned to pray. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And it shall be well with us both in this life and in the pilgrimage of a thousand years which we have been describing. Plato. The Republic.
- When he had 'worked round,' as he called it, to Paris in his pilgrimage, and had wholly failed in it so far, he was not disheartened. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The god had commanded that their purification should be the purification by pilgrimage. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- For myself, my Canterbury Pilgrimage has done much; imprisonment on civil process, and want, will soon do more. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Sam gave a nod of intelligence, and withdrawing his head from the door, set forth on his pilgrimage with a light heart. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Archer remained motionless, gazing at the upper windows as if the end of their pilgrimage had been attained. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- More must I hear from those who have taken the pilgrimage than their names. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The scene of the daydream is sufficient for a pilgrimage at nineteen. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Yet, the pilgrimage part of the excursion was its pet feature--there is no question about that. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Only about one Martian in a thousand dies of sickness or disease, and possibly about twenty take the voluntary pilgrimage. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The long pilgrimage was ended, and somehow we seemed to feel glad of it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It was now that Tars Tarkas for the first time learned that his daughter, Sola, had accompanied Dejah Thoris upon the last long pilgrimage. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- No word left they of their intentions, but it is always thus with those who go upon the voluntary pilgrimage from which none returns. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- He projected great pilgrimages and a monastic life. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The tale has certainly an oriental character, and may be compared with the pilgrimages of the soul in the Zend Avesta (Haug, Avesta). Plato. The Republic.
- Besides, the board made periodical pilgrimages to the farm, and always sent the beadle the day before, to say they were going. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
Edited by Guthrie