pilgrimage

A journey to a place that is especially important in your religion.

• They went on a pilgrimage.
• Her pilgrimage to the holy city lasted two weeks.
• Thousands of people make this pilgrimage every year.

How to use it: a pilgrimage to somewhere (They made a pilgrimage to a mountain shrine.)

Common phrases: religious pilgrimage, pilgrimage to somewhere, go on pilgrimage

A visit to a place you greatly admire or that has special personal meaning.

• We made a pilgrimage to our old school.
• Her annual pilgrimage to the writer’s grave became a family tradition.
• Music fans described the visit to the studio as a pilgrimage.

How to use it: a pilgrimage to somewhere (Fans make a pilgrimage to the singer’s birthplace.)

Common phrases: annual pilgrimage, pilgrimage to somewhere, make a pilgrimage

To travel to a place that is especially important in your religion.

• They pilgrimage to the shrine each year.
• She pilgrimaged to Jerusalem with her family.
• The faithful are pilgrimaging on foot across the mountains.

How to use it: pilgrimage to somewhere (Believers pilgrimage to the shrine each spring.)

Common phrases: pilgrimage to somewhere, pilgrimage together, pilgrimage on foot