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pilgrimage

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for pilgrimage.

Editorial note

Doing a startup is the 21st century version of the 7th century practice of going on a religious pilgrimage.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

A journey made to a sacred place, or a religious journey.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of pilgrimage gathered in one view.

noun

A journey made to a sacred place, or a religious journey.

verb

To go on a pilgrimage.

noun

The 22nd sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pilgrimage.

noun

A journey made to a sacred place, or a religious journey.

verb

To go on a pilgrimage.

noun

The 22nd sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

noun

(by extension) A visit to any site revered or associated with a meaningful event.

Example sentences

1

Doing a startup is the 21st century version of the 7th century practice of going on a religious pilgrimage.

2

Thanks to Modernist Cuisine by Nathan Myhrvold, many rising culinary stars are visiting Seattle in a form of a pilgrimage.

3

Thereafter, the relationship became downright cozy, so much so that the Pinochets and his family began making an annual private pilgrimage to London.

4

When I need to make 10,000 cheap and fast, yes, I'll most likely be making a pilgrimage to Shenzen.

5

So the whole road to a faster tomorrow will be at pilgrimage pace.

6

If it takes out Jerusalem, it destroys a significant pilgrimage location for Islam, as well as the capital of the (local) great enemy.

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This is a real pilgrimage with all the highs and lows that entails.

8

The annual clamper pilgrimage to his gravesite in Colma is a treat.

9

Perhaps the most popular was to go on a pilgrimage.

10

They also destroy a very significant Islamic pilgrimage site.

11

Splashy Pants or the Rally For Sanity (okay, we technically tagged along for that event, but I was the ones drawn to that pilgrimage).

12

And, like anything physical, unless someone makes a pilgrimage to your garage (or that vault), no-one else will ever (re)discover them, or share them.

Quote examples

1

Growing up, I only ever went into Detroit for concerts and the semi-annual "Greektown" pilgrimage.

2

(If you're going to say "the album that Yo-Yo Ma's recording was released on", you'll have to be more specific.) Now can you give answers that put things in the same organizational scheme when it's the second chorale of Wachet Auf (BWV 140) as performed by the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, directed by John Eliot Gardiner?

3

Concrete mathematics is full of appealing patterns; the manipulations are not always easy, but the answers can be astonishingly attractive." I make an annual pilgrimage to Palo Alto for Knuth's Christmas Tree lecture[4], which content continuously emphasizes exactly the kind of joy in experimenting, discovering, and learning real math that Lockhart is talking about in his paper.

Proper noun examples

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I will soon start with 'Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage'[0] which was recommended in a previous HN thread.

2

Norwegian Wood is probably a more typical entry point, or else Kafka On the Shore, or his latest book, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.

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'Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki And His Years Of Pilgrimage' by Haruki Murakami.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use pilgrimage in a sentence?

Doing a startup is the 21st century version of the 7th century practice of going on a religious pilgrimage.

What does pilgrimage mean?

A journey made to a sacred place, or a religious journey.

What part of speech is pilgrimage?

pilgrimage is commonly used as noun, verb.