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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His grave in Hendersonville, about 20 miles northeast of the city, is a popular pilgrimage site today.Fox News, 30 Aug. 2022 They were smuggled from Venice in 1818 for safekeeping, turning remote Vodnjan into an unlikely pilgrimage site. Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Aug. 2022 Camp Nou as a pilgrimage site for football fans the world over. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2022 Fans treat the former set in Dyersville like a pilgrimage site. John Jurgensen, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2022 Anne, Alberta, a pilgrimage site founded in the 19th century for Indigenous Catholics that lies about an hour north of Edmonton, large numbers of immigrants were there.New York Times, 29 July 2022 The 85-year-old pontiff celebrated a Mass Thursday at the Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, a popular pilgrimage site outside Quebec City. Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 28 July 2022 Anne, long a popular pilgrimage site for Indigenous Catholics. Rob Gillies, BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2022 Anne, long a popular pilgrimage site for Indigenous Catholics. Nicole Winfield, USA TODAY, 24 July 2022
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The two men frequently appear in public together: at Easter services, visiting monasteries and traveling to pilgrimage sites. Deborah Netburnstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2022 Typically, Biden, other top Democrats and civil rights leaders would pilgrimage to Selma for the anniversary, but there is no in-person gathering amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2021 The offerings were possibly linked to a cult of Inca ancestors, and to pilgrimage ceremonies that took place on the Island of the Sun.National Geographic, 4 Aug. 2020 An international ad campaign persuaded young people to pilgrimage across countries and continents to attend. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 6 Aug. 2019 See More
ADJECTIVE | VERB + PILGRIMAGE | PILGRIMAGE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤annual一年一度的朝聖▸➤religious, spiritual宗教/心靈朝聖之旅VERB + PILGRIMAGE➤go on, make前去朝聖◇She made a pilgrimage to visit the place where her hero was born.她前往她的偶像出生之地朝聖參觀。PILGRIMAGE + NOUN➤route朝聖路線➤destination, site朝聖目的地;朝聖地PREPOSITION➤during a/the pilgrimage在朝聖期間◇There was a ban on political protests during the pilgrimage.朝聖期間有禁令禁止舉行政治抗議活動。➤on a/the pilgrimage在朝聖途中◇She was on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land when she got sick.她在去聖地朝聖的途中病倒了。➤pilgrimage to去⋯的朝聖◇His parents made the pilgrimage to Mecca.他的父母去過麥加朝聖。PHRASES➤a centre/center of pilgrimage, an object of pilgrimage, a place of pilgrimage朝聖中心;參拜地◇The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.這座神祠是人們的朝聖之地。