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单词 pilgrimage
释义 pil·grim·age
I. \ˈpilgrəmij\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English pelrimage, pilgrimage, from Old French pelerinage, from pelerin, peligrin pilgrim + -age
1.
 a. : a journey of a pilgrim; especially : one to a shrine or a sacred place
  < Arabs make pilgrimages to worship at his tomb — Robert Hichens >
 b. : the act of making such a journey
  < pilgrimage had … been adopted by the church as a form of canonical penance — M.W.Baldwin >
2. : a trip taken to visit a place of historic or sentimental interest or to participate in a specific event or for a definite purpose
 < American writers, artists and composers have made pilgrimages to France — G.W.Chapman >
 < every spring the rhododendron inspires … pilgrimagesAmerican Guide Series: Washington >
3.
 a. : the course of life on earth
  < prosperity … came to him during his earthly pilgrimage — V.L.Parrington >
 b. : a particular part of the life course of an individual
  < my pilgrimage from prep school to University — Osbert Lancaster >
4. : a search for mental and spiritual values
 < the pursuit of knowledge was no mere intellectual search, but a pilgrimage — H.O.Taylor >
II. intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to go on or as if on a pilgrimage
 < all … had pilgrimaged to the capital — Walter Goodman >
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