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English Dictionary: Pilgrimage by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pilgrimage
n
  1. a journey to a sacred place [syn: pilgrimage, {pilgrim's journey}]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pilgrimage \Pil"grim*age\, n. [OE. pilgrimage, pelgrinage; cf.
      F. p[8a]lerinage.]
      1. The journey of a pilgrim; a long journey; especially, a
            journey to a shrine or other sacred place. Fig., the
            journey of human life. --Shak.
  
                     The days of the years of my pilgrimage. --Gen.
                                                                              xlvii. 9.
  
      2. A tedious and wearisome time.
  
                     In prison hast thou spent a pilgrimage. --Shak.
  
      Syn: Journey; tour; excursion. See {Journey}.
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