pilgrimage
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 →
2) A trip to a place that is very special to you, such as a famous writer's house or a sports ground. tree →
3) (formal) A long life journey thought of as a search for something good. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Life as a journey, or a stay in a foreign place. The psalmist feels like a traveler in the world. Interpretation: The tradition reads this as the psalmist finding joy in God's laws wherever he wanders, as Jews did in exile. In the primary 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
- Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. (Writings PSA.119.54, JPS 1917) tree →
- Many Christians go on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. tree →
- In The Canterbury Tales the travellers are on a pilgrimage. tree →
- The hajj is the pilgrimage to Mecca that Muslims try to make once in their lives. tree →
- Dad made a pilgrimage to the old football ground where he watched his first match. tree →
- Pilgrims on the pilgrimage walked for many days. tree →
- Lourdes in France is a famous place of pilgrimage. tree →
- Our class read about a pilgrimage across Spain. tree →
- I who have four times made the pilgrimage to Mecca, and have renounced wine for ever." tree →
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
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «pilgrimage» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.