Pilgrimage
noun
A journey to a place that is considered special, often for religious reasons.
Many Christians make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land to walk in the steps of Jesus.
Often appears as...
- make a pilgrimage
- go on a pilgrimage
noun
A journey or search for moral or spiritual growth, sometimes figurative.
His voyage around the world was more than a trip, it was a personal pilgrimage towards self-understanding.
Often appears as...
- personal pilgrimage
- embark on a pilgrimage
noun
A journey to a place that is considered special, often for religious reasons.
Many Christians make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land to walk in the steps of Jesus.
Often appears as...
- make a pilgrimage
- go on a pilgrimage
noun
A journey or search for moral or spiritual growth, sometimes figurative.
His voyage around the world was more than a trip, it was a personal pilgrimage towards self-understanding.
Often appears as...
- personal pilgrimage
- embark on a pilgrimage
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Significance
Often associated with visiting religious sites, and it implies a certain reverence or respect.
Her pilgrimage to Mecca was a profound spiritual experience.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Spots
Pilgrimage can involve traveling to historic religious locations, not just current active ones.
The ruins of the ancient temple have become a popular pilgrimage site.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Journey
Can also be a very personal journey rather than a group event, reflecting individual devotion.
He undertook a solitary pilgrimage to reconnect with his faith.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Significance
Often associated with visiting religious sites, and it implies a certain reverence or respect.
Her pilgrimage to Mecca was a profound spiritual experience.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Spots
Pilgrimage can involve traveling to historic religious locations, not just current active ones.
The ruins of the ancient temple have become a popular pilgrimage site.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Journey
Can also be a very personal journey rather than a group event, reflecting individual devotion.
He undertook a solitary pilgrimage to reconnect with his faith.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Significance
Often associated with visiting religious sites, and it implies a certain reverence or respect.
Her pilgrimage to Mecca was a profound spiritual experience.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Spots
Pilgrimage can involve traveling to historic religious locations, not just current active ones.
The ruins of the ancient temple have become a popular pilgrimage site.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Journey
Can also be a very personal journey rather than a group event, reflecting individual devotion.
He undertook a solitary pilgrimage to reconnect with his faith.
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I am here to confuse you...
divorced I decided to move to New York but I didn't want to just get on a plane and start a new life five hours later and so I did that most American of things I got into my car and took a road trip and I spent 18 days by myself getting to know America now as a Muslim I've been to Mecca on pilgrimage but this was my American pilgrimage and by
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Mansa Musa, one of the...
when he took his pilgrimage to Mecca. Not one to travel on a budget, he brought a caravan stretching as far as the eye could see. Accounts of this journey are mostly based on an oral testimony and differing written records, so it's difficult to determine the exact details.
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Alison Wright: Portraits...
more recently this work that I've been doing in Burma but I feel like a lot of these images are really sort of celebrating the spirit within all of us it's what really bonds us as mankind as we sort of continue this this journey this pilgrimage in life and you know
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Anil Ananthaswamy: What...
and also the joy of communicating it to others. And that feeling also led me to a pilgrimage of sorts, to go literally to the ends of the earth to see telescopes, detectors, instruments that people are building, or have built, in order to probe the cosmos
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The Japanese folktale of...
But he was glad for the solitude it afforded him, and the peace he felt upon returning home was profound. The scholar was determined to maintain this clarity for as long as possible, and resolved to make this pilgrimage another 99 times.
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A lyrical bridge between...
which is a kind of return to the beginning all at the same time. We have this experience of the journey, which is in all of our great spiritual traditions, of pilgrimage. But just by actually standing in the ground of your life fully,
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Why should you read...
thousands of people all over the world dress up like the characters, take to the streets, and read the book aloud. And some even make a pilgrimage to Dublin just to visit the places so vividly depicted in Joyce's opus.
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How we're saving one of...
Our shared pilgrimage across the Okavango Delta each year in our mokoros or dugout canoes -- remembers millenia living in the wild. Ten thousand years ago, our entire world was wilderness.
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Bizarre Bat Moments PIPE...
that is extraordinary to see them begin their nightly pilgrimage we scramble to a higher viewpoint above the sinkhole we just quickly run above the sinkhole just to catch the
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Nelson Mandela's Legacy...
understanding that helped me realize who he was the places that mark mandela's life have become pilgrimage sites where people remember the man who brought them freedom
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I am here to confuse you...
divorced I decided to move to New York but I didn't want to just get on a plane and start a new life five hours later and so I did that most American of things I got into my car and took a road trip and I spent 18 days by myself getting to know America now as a Muslim I've been to Mecca on pilgrimage but this was my American pilgrimage and by
Video examples
Mansa Musa, one of the...
when he took his pilgrimage to Mecca. Not one to travel on a budget, he brought a caravan stretching as far as the eye could see. Accounts of this journey are mostly based on an oral testimony and differing written records, so it's difficult to determine the exact details.
Video examples
Alison Wright: Portraits...
more recently this work that I've been doing in Burma but I feel like a lot of these images are really sort of celebrating the spirit within all of us it's what really bonds us as mankind as we sort of continue this this journey this pilgrimage in life and you know
Video examples
Anil Ananthaswamy: What...
and also the joy of communicating it to others. And that feeling also led me to a pilgrimage of sorts, to go literally to the ends of the earth to see telescopes, detectors, instruments that people are building, or have built, in order to probe the cosmos
Video examples
The Japanese folktale of...
But he was glad for the solitude it afforded him, and the peace he felt upon returning home was profound. The scholar was determined to maintain this clarity for as long as possible, and resolved to make this pilgrimage another 99 times.
Video examples
A lyrical bridge between...
which is a kind of return to the beginning all at the same time. We have this experience of the journey, which is in all of our great spiritual traditions, of pilgrimage. But just by actually standing in the ground of your life fully,
Video examples
Why should you read...
thousands of people all over the world dress up like the characters, take to the streets, and read the book aloud. And some even make a pilgrimage to Dublin just to visit the places so vividly depicted in Joyce's opus.
Video examples
How we're saving one of...
Our shared pilgrimage across the Okavango Delta each year in our mokoros or dugout canoes -- remembers millenia living in the wild. Ten thousand years ago, our entire world was wilderness.
Video examples
Bizarre Bat Moments PIPE...
that is extraordinary to see them begin their nightly pilgrimage we scramble to a higher viewpoint above the sinkhole we just quickly run above the sinkhole just to catch the
Video examples
Nelson Mandela's Legacy...
understanding that helped me realize who he was the places that mark mandela's life have become pilgrimage sites where people remember the man who brought them freedom
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Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
There are times when the art world seems like a religious empire. There are great cathedral galleries and pilgrimage sites where treasured art pieces are displayed like holy relics, and this can certainly be a great pleasure on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
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Eric Clapton
British Musician
I think everybody has their own way of looking at their lives as some kind of pilgrimage. Some people will see their role as a pilgrim in terms of setting up a fine family, or establishing a business inheritance. Everyone's got their own definition.
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Milind Soman
Indian Model
What we call endurance sport today, we've been doing for centuries with pilgrimages, walking across the earth towards some goal, which is not all-important, because it's the journey that matters.
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Swami Sivananda
Indian Philosopher
Life is a pilgrimage. The wise man does not rest by the roadside inns. He marches direct to the illimitable domain of eternal bliss, his ultimate destination.
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Morris West
Australian Writer
Man is a creature who walks in two worlds and traces upon the walls of his cave the wonders and the nightmare experiences of his spiritual pilgrimage.
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Anita Brookner
English Historian
Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is very rare because most people are strategists.
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Johnny Flynn
South African Musician
I'm obsessed with pilgrimages. I love following old routes, imagining the consciousness of those who walked them.
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John Bunyan
English Clergyman
My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it.
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A. C. Benson
British Author
As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow.
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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Indian Statesman
Rameswaram has, since antiquity, been an important pilgrimage destination.
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Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
There are times when the art world seems like a religious empire. There are great cathedral galleries and pilgrimage sites where treasured art pieces are displayed like holy relics, and this can certainly be a great pleasure on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
Quote examples
Eric Clapton
British Musician
I think everybody has their own way of looking at their lives as some kind of pilgrimage. Some people will see their role as a pilgrim in terms of setting up a fine family, or establishing a business inheritance. Everyone's got their own definition.
Quote examples
Milind Soman
Indian Model
What we call endurance sport today, we've been doing for centuries with pilgrimages, walking across the earth towards some goal, which is not all-important, because it's the journey that matters.
Quote examples
Swami Sivananda
Indian Philosopher
Life is a pilgrimage. The wise man does not rest by the roadside inns. He marches direct to the illimitable domain of eternal bliss, his ultimate destination.
Quote examples
Morris West
Australian Writer
Man is a creature who walks in two worlds and traces upon the walls of his cave the wonders and the nightmare experiences of his spiritual pilgrimage.
Quote examples
Anita Brookner
English Historian
Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is very rare because most people are strategists.
Quote examples
Johnny Flynn
South African Musician
I'm obsessed with pilgrimages. I love following old routes, imagining the consciousness of those who walked them.
Quote examples
John Bunyan
English Clergyman
My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it.
Quote examples
A. C. Benson
British Author
As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow.
Quote examples
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Indian Statesman
Rameswaram has, since antiquity, been an important pilgrimage destination.
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