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单词 pilgrimage
释义
pilgrimage
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A pilgrimage is a journey to a sacred place. People make pilgrimages to places like Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and Dharamsala as part of their religious or spiritual practice.
A pilgrimage is often a spiritual journey, but some pilgrimages deal with other kinds of devotion. For example, fans often visit the places that are — or were — significant to their heroes. Every August 16th, Elvis Presley fans from around the country make a pilgrimage to his famous former home, Graceland, to commemorate the anniversary of his death.
WORD FAMILY
pilgrimage: pilgrimages
USAGE EXAMPLES
Another says she flew in from Detroit just for the day as “sort of a Prince pilgrimage.”
Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016)
No one should underestimate the symbolism of Mr. Abe’s pilgrimage.
Wall Street Journal(Dec 26, 2016)
I fittingly ended my day of peregrinations with “Pilgrimage.”
New York Times(Dec 23, 2016)
n a journey to a sacred place
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
pilgrim's journey
hadj, haj, hajj
the fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Hijja; at least once in a lifetime a Muslim is expected to make a religious journey to Mecca and the Kaaba
journey, journeying
the act of traveling from one place to another
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