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pilgrimage

name · noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈpɪlɡɹɪmɪd͡ʒ/
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  • CMU ARPABET: P IH1 L G R AH0 M AH0 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: P IH1 L G R AH0 M IH0 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

The 22nd sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A journey made to a sacred place, or a religious journey.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • In the Muslim faith, the pilgrimage to Mecca is known as the Hajj.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A visit to any site revered or associated with a meaningful event.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

Examples

  • Each year we made a pilgrimage to New York City to visit the pub where we all first met.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To go on a pilgrimage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a journey to a sacred place

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pilgrim's journey

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: journey, journeying

Narrower terms: hajj, haj, hadj

History

Etymology

From Middle English pilgrimage. By surface analysis, pilgrim + -age.

Across languages

Translations

129 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سورة الحج — 22nd sura of the Qur'an
  • Albanian: pelegrinazh — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Arabic: حَجّ (ḥajj) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Armenian: ուխտագնացություն (uxtagnacʻutʻyun) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Asturian: pelegrinaxe — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Asturian: pelegrinación — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Azerbaijani: ziyarət — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Azerbaijani: həcc (hajj) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Belarusian: пало́мніцтва (palómnictva) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Belarusian: пілігры́мства (pilihrýmstva) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Belarusian: про́шча (próšča) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Bengali: তীর্থযাত্রা জিয়ারত (tirthojatra) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Bulgarian: покло́нничество (poklónničestvo) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Bulgarian: поклоне́ние (poklonénie) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Bulgarian: хаджилъ́к (hadžilǎ́k) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Catalan: pelegrinatge — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Chinese Mandarin: 朝覲 /朝觐 (cháojìn) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Chinese Mandarin: 朝聖 /朝圣 (cháoshèng) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Chinese Mandarin: 巡禮 /巡礼 (xúnlǐ) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Czech: pouť — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Danish: pilgrimsfærd — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Dutch: bedevaart — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Dutch: pelgrimstocht — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Esperanto: pilgrimo — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Esperanto: pilgrimado — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Estonian: palverännak — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Faroese: pílagrímsferð — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Finnish: pyhiinvaellus — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Finnish: pyhiinvaellusmatka — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Finnish: toiviomatka — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • French: pèlerinage — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Galician: peregrinación — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Galician: romaría — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Galician: romaxe — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Georgian: პილიგრიმობა (ṗiligrimoba) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • German: Wallfahrt — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • German: Pilgerfahrt — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Greek: προσκύνημα (proskýnima) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Hebrew: עֲלִיָּה לָרֶגֶל (alíya larégel) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Hindi: तीर्थ (tīrth) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Hungarian: zarándoklat — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Icelandic: pílagrímsferð — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Indonesian: ziarah — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Indonesian: penziarahan — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Irish: oilithreacht — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Irish: turas — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Italian: pellegrinaggio — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Japanese: 巡礼 (junrei) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Kazakh: қажылық (qajylyq) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Kazakh: зиярат (ziärat) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Korean: 순례 (sullye) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Kyrgyz: зыярат (zıyarat) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Kyrgyz: ажыга (ajıga) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Latin: peregrīnātiō — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Latvian: svētceļojums — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Luxembourgish: Pilgerfaart — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Macedonian: поклоне́ние (poklonénie) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Macedonian: а́џилак (ádžilak) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Malay: ziarah — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Marathi: तीर्थयात्रा (tīrthayātrā) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Norman: pélérinnage — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Norwegian: valfart — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pilegrimsreise — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pilegrimsferd — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: pilegrimsferd — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Occitan: pelegrinatge — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Occitan: pelegrinacion — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Occitan: romivatge — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Pashto: زيارت (zyārát) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Pashto: حج (haǰ) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Persian: زیارت (ziyârat) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Persian: حج (hajj) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Plautdietsch: Piljareis — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Polish: pielgrzymka — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Polish: pąć — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Portuguese: peregrinação — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Portuguese: peregrinagem — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Portuguese: romaria — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Romanian: pelerinaj — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Romanian: peregrinație — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Russian: пало́мничество (palómničestvo) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Russian: пилигри́мство (piligrímstvo) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Russian: богомо́лье (bogomólʹje) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Scottish Gaelic: eilthireachd — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Serbo-Croatian: хо̏дочашће — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Serbo-Croatian: ходочаст — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Serbo-Croatian: hȍdočašće — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Serbo-Croatian: hodočast — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Slovak: púť — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Slovene: romanje — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Spanish: peregrinación — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Spanish: peregrinaje — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Swahili: hija — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Swedish: pilgrimsfärd — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Swedish: vallfärd — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Tajik: зиёрат (ziyorat) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Tajik: ҳаҷҷ (hajj) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Turkish: hac — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Turkish: ziyaret — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Turkmen: zyýarat — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Ukrainian: пало́мництво (palómnyctvo) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Ukrainian: пілігри́мство (pilihrýmstvo) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Ukrainian: про́ща (próšča) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Ukrainian: богомі́лля (bohomíllja) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Urdu: زیارت (zyārat) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Urdu: حج (hajj, haj) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Uzbek: ziyorat — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Uzbek: haj (hajj) — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Vietnamese: cuộc hành hương — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Walloon: perlinaedje — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Welsh: pererindod — religious journey, or one to a sacred place
  • Catalan: peregrinar — to go on a pilgrimage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 朝覲 /朝觐 (cháojìn) — to go on a pilgrimage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 朝聖 /朝圣 (cháoshèng) — to go on a pilgrimage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 巡禮 /巡礼 (xúnlǐ) — to go on a pilgrimage
  • Finnish: pyhiinvaeltaa — to go on a pilgrimage
  • Finnish: tehdä pyhiinvaellus — to go on a pilgrimage
  • French: pèleriner — to go on a pilgrimage
  • German: pilgern — to go on a pilgrimage
  • Hungarian: zarándokol — to go on a pilgrimage
  • Hungarian: zarándoklatra megy — to go on a pilgrimage
  • Indonesian: berziarah — to go on a pilgrimage
  • Indonesian: ziarah — to go on a pilgrimage
  • Italian: pellegrinare — to go on a pilgrimage
  • Polish: pielgrzymować — to go on a pilgrimage
  • Portuguese: peregrinar — to go on a pilgrimage
  • Spanish: peregrinar — to go on a pilgrimage
  • Swahili: -hiji — to go on a pilgrimage
  • Swedish: vallfärda — to go on a pilgrimage
Real reading context

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