as in to travel
to take a trip especially of some distance
tourists pilgrimaging to all of the traditional destinations across Europe
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Recent Examples of pilgrimage
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
Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
The bronze figure of Rocky Balboa — arms raised in victory, clad in boxing trunks and boots — has become a point of pilgrimage for people around the world.
—ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
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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
Noun
He was canonized by Pope Alexander III in 1161, and his shrine at Westminster Abbey became a major pilgrimage site in medieval England.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
The bronze figure of Rocky Balboa — arms raised in victory, clad in boxing trunks and boots — has become a point of pilgrimage for people around the world.
—ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pilgrimage
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The club travels to Portland on Wednesday night for a match against the second-place Thorns, the team that eliminated San Diego from last year’s playoffs.—
Ryan Finley,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, be aware that the next six years will bring urges to impulsively travel, and do exciting things to give yourself an adventurous world.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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The latest Assassin’s Creed adventure journeys to an old Nordic locale.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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The luncheon honored Kerr for her commitment to wellness and social impact and raised critical funds to support Living Beauty's holistic wellness and healing programs, offered entirely free of charge to women navigating the cancer journey.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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David and Aaron trekked to Seoul in 2024 to watch the Padres open the season against the Dodgers.—
Ryan Finley,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Get your heart rate up while trekking through the scenic Canaan Valley and take a quick rest at any of the dozen shelters, some outfitted with wood-burning stoves.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Apr. 2026
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Step-backs, deep 3s, power drives, trips to the line – every element of their games was on display, and every possession seemed to raise the stakes.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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Providence coach Mark Smith feels the turning point came during a spring break trip to Louisville.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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For her entire career, Ann-Margret has been a dedicated supporter of the military and has toured three times with the USO, twice traveling to Southeast Asia to perform for American service members in Vietnam, and at moments on that first trip getting dangerously close to the line of fire herself.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
30 Apr. 2026
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The cow toured the campus before being captured by wildlife officials.—
Elyssa Kaufman,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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It’s been an eventful month for Ryan Day, Ohio State football and the school’s quest to regroup for another College Football Playoff run.—
Cameron Teague Robinson,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Bonaguidi finished with an assist but couldn’t add to her career total of 97 goals in the quest to reach the century mark.—
Glae Thien,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Silversea is lauded for both its classic ocean liners and expedition ships, which voyage the globe including the Poles.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Apr. 2026
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Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin had become the first human to voyage into space just a month before, with American astronaut Alan Shepard close on his heels.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
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The Carolina Alumni Review, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has documented the strange odyssey of Silent Sam, the Confederate monument that was toppled after standing on campus for 105 years.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
22 Apr. 2026
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Through a surreal odyssey that spans a century, the hero searches for his identity and navigates the highs and lows of fame and notoriety.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
21 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Pilgrimage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pilgrimage. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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