- 1 a journey to a holy place for religious reasons to go on/make a pilgrimage CollocationsReligionBeing religious believe in God/Christ/Allah/free will/predestination/heaven and hell/an afterlife/reincarnation be/become a believer/an atheist/an agnostic/a Christian/Muslim/Hindu/Buddhist, etc. convert to/practise/ (especially US English) practice a religion/Buddhism/Catholicism/Christianity/Islam/Judaism, etc. go to church/(North American English) temple (= the synagogue) go to the local church/mosque/synagogue/gurdwara belong to a church/a religious community join/enter the church/a convent/a monastery/a religious sect/the clergy/the priesthood praise/worship/obey/serve/glorify GodCelebrations and ritual attend/hold/conduct/lead a service perform a ceremony/a rite/a ritual/a baptism/the Hajj/a mitzvah carry out/perform a sacred/burial/funeral/fertility/purification rite go on/make a pilgrimage celebrate Christmas/Easter/Eid/Ramadan/Hanukkah/Passover/Diwali observe/break the Sabbath/a fast/Ramadan deliver/preach/hear a sermon lead/address the congregation say/recite a prayer/blessingReligious texts and ideas preach/proclaim/spread the word of God/the Gospel/the message of Islam study/follow the dharma/the teachings of Buddha read/study/understand/interpret scripture/the Bible/the Koran/the gospel/the Torah be based on/derive from divine revelation commit/consider something heresy/sacrilegeReligious belief and experience seek/find/gain enlightenment/wisdom strengthen/lose your faith keep/practise/practice/abandon the faith save/purify/lose your soul obey/follow/keep/break/violate a commandment/Islamic law/Jewish law be/accept/do God’s will receive/experience divine grace achieve/attain enlightenment/salvation/nirvana undergo a conversion/rebirth/reincarnation hear/answer a prayer commit/confess/forgive a sin do/perform penance Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectiveannual, religious, spiritual, … verb + pilgrimagego on, make pilgrimage + nounroute, destination, site, … prepositionduring a/the pilgrimage, on a/the pilgrimage, pilgrimage to, … phrasesa centre/center of pilgrimage, an object of pilgrimage, a place of pilgrimage, … See full entry
- 2a journey to a place that is connected with somebody/something that you admire or respect His grave has become a place of pilgrimage. Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectiveannual, religious, spiritual, … verb + pilgrimagego on, make pilgrimage + nounroute, destination, site, … prepositionduring a/the pilgrimage, on a/the pilgrimage, pilgrimage to, … phrasesa centre/center of pilgrimage, an object of pilgrimage, a place of pilgrimage, … See full entry Word OriginMiddle English: from Provençal pelegrinage, from pelegrin, from Latin peregrinus ‘foreign’, from peregre ‘abroad’, from per- ‘through’ + ager ‘field’. Wordfinderjourneycommute, departure, destination, excursion, expedition, itinerary, journey, pilgrimage, safari, travelExtra examples His parents made a pilgrimage to Lourdes. She made a pilgrimage to visit the place where her hero was born. She was on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land when she got sick. The shrine was an object of pilgrimage. There was a ban on political protests during the pilgrimage. His grave has become a place of pilgrimage.
pilgrimage
nounBrE BrE//ˈpɪlɡrɪmɪdʒ//; NAmE NAmE//ˈpɪlɡrɪmɪdʒ//
[countable, uncountable]Check pronunciation: pilgrimage
