pil·grim·age
ˈpil-grə-mij 
1
: a journey of a pilgrim
especially
: one to a shrine or a sacred place
2
: the course of life on earth
Examples of pilgrimage in a Sentence
Noun
He made a pilgrimage to Mecca.
The family went on a pilgrimage to historical battlefields.
The tradition of pilgrimage is important in Islam.
The poet's grave site has become a place of pilgrimage.
Verb
tourists pilgrimaging to all of the traditional destinations across Europe
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Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Hounsou hopes the event will become a pilgrimage for African Americans and others eager to learn more.
—Deborah Barfield Berry, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
Ali Shihabi, Time, 8 Sep. 2025
Next year will mark the culmination of its Jubilee Year celebrations, and through January, the city will continue to host pilgrimage events, public art installations, and expanded museum programming.
—AFAR Media, 4 Aug. 2025
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Noun
At one station, congregants pick up a scallop shell, a physical reminder of the pilgrimage through life, and dip it in water and grains of sand.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Hounsou hopes the event will become a pilgrimage for African Americans and others eager to learn more.
—Deborah Barfield Berry, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
Advertisement Travel to the country once limited essentially to pilgrimage and business travel, opened with a tourist e-visa in 2019 and has since become an engine of jobs and investment.
—Ali Shihabi, Time, 8 Sep. 2025
Next year will mark the culmination of its Jubilee Year celebrations, and through January, the city will continue to host pilgrimage events, public art installations, and expanded museum programming.
—AFAR Media, 4 Aug. 2025
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“Pilgrimage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pilgrimage. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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