Meaning of "pilgrimage" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF PILGRIMAGE

pilgrimage  [ˈpɪlɡrɪmɪdʒ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PILGRIMAGE

Pilgrimage is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb pilgrimage in English.

WHAT DOES PILGRIMAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pilgrimage

A pilgrimage is a journey or search of moral or spiritual significance. Typically, it is a journey to a shrine or other location of importance to a person's beliefs and faith, although sometimes it can be a metaphorical journey into someone's own beliefs. Many religions attach spiritual importance to particular places: the place of birth or death of founders or saints, or to the place of their "calling" or spiritual awakening, or of their connection with the divine, to locations where miracles were performed or witnessed, or locations where a deity is said to live or be "housed," or any site that is seen to have special spiritual powers. Such sites may be commemorated with shrines or temples that devotees are encouraged to visit for their own spiritual benefit: to be healed or have questions answered or to achieve some other spiritual benefit. A person who makes such a journey is called a pilgrim. As a common human experience, pilgrimage has been proposed as a Jungian archetype by Wallace Clift and Jean Dalby Clift. The Holy Land acts as a focal point for the pilgrimages of the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Definition of pilgrimage in the English dictionary

The first definition of pilgrimage in the dictionary is a journey to a shrine or other sacred place. Other definition of pilgrimage is a journey or long search made for exalted or sentimental reasons. Pilgrimage is also to make a pilgrimage.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PILGRIMAGE

PRESENT

Present

I pilgrimage

you pilgrimage

he/she/it pilgrimages

we pilgrimage

you pilgrimage

they pilgrimage

Present continuous

I am pilgrimaging

you are pilgrimaging

he/she/it is pilgrimaging

we are pilgrimaging

you are pilgrimaging

they are pilgrimaging

Present perfect

I have pilgrimaged

you have pilgrimaged

he/she/it has pilgrimaged

we have pilgrimaged

you have pilgrimaged

they have pilgrimaged

Present perfect continuous

I have been pilgrimaging

you have been pilgrimaging

he/she/it has been pilgrimaging

we have been pilgrimaging

you have been pilgrimaging

they have been pilgrimaging

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I pilgrimaged

you pilgrimaged

he/she/it pilgrimaged

we pilgrimaged

you pilgrimaged

they pilgrimaged

Past continuous

I was pilgrimaging

you were pilgrimaging

he/she/it was pilgrimaging

we were pilgrimaging

you were pilgrimaging

they were pilgrimaging

Past perfect

I had pilgrimaged

you had pilgrimaged

he/she/it had pilgrimaged

we had pilgrimaged

you had pilgrimaged

they had pilgrimaged

Past perfect continuous

I had been pilgrimaging

you had been pilgrimaging

he/she/it had been pilgrimaging

we had been pilgrimaging

you had been pilgrimaging

they had been pilgrimaging

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will pilgrimage

you will pilgrimage

he/she/it will pilgrimage

we will pilgrimage

you will pilgrimage

they will pilgrimage

Future continuous

I will be pilgrimaging

you will be pilgrimaging

he/she/it will be pilgrimaging

we will be pilgrimaging

you will be pilgrimaging

they will be pilgrimaging

Future perfect

I will have pilgrimaged

you will have pilgrimaged

he/she/it will have pilgrimaged

we will have pilgrimaged

you will have pilgrimaged

they will have pilgrimaged

Future perfect continuous

I will have been pilgrimaging

you will have been pilgrimaging

he/she/it will have been pilgrimaging

we will have been pilgrimaging

you will have been pilgrimaging

they will have been pilgrimaging

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would pilgrimage

you would pilgrimage

he/she/it would pilgrimage

we would pilgrimage

you would pilgrimage

they would pilgrimage

Conditional continuous

I would be pilgrimaging

you would be pilgrimaging

he/she/it would be pilgrimaging

we would be pilgrimaging

you would be pilgrimaging

they would be pilgrimaging

Conditional perfect

I would have pilgrimage

you would have pilgrimage

he/she/it would have pilgrimage

we would have pilgrimage

you would have pilgrimage

they would have pilgrimage

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been pilgrimaging

you would have been pilgrimaging

he/she/it would have been pilgrimaging

we would have been pilgrimaging

you would have been pilgrimaging

they would have been pilgrimaging

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you pilgrimage
we let´s pilgrimage
you pilgrimage

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to pilgrimage

Past participle

pilgrimaged

Present Participle

pilgrimaging

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «PILGRIMAGE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «pilgrimage» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of pilgrimage

crusade · excursion · expedition · hajj · journey · mission · tour · trip

TRANSLATION OF PILGRIMAGE

Find out the translation of pilgrimage to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of pilgrimage from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pilgrimage» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 朝圣
• Translator English - Spanish: peregrinaje
• English: pilgrimage
• Translator English - Hindi: तीर्थयात्रा
• Translator English - Arabic: حَجّ
• Translator English - Russian: паломничество
• Translator English - Portuguese: peregrinação
• Translator English - Bengali: তীর্থযাত্রা
• Translator English - French: pèlerinage
• Translator English - Malay: Haji
• Translator English - German: Pilgerfahrt
• Translator English - Japanese: 巡礼の旅
• Translator English - Korean: 순례
• Translator English - Javanese: Ziarah
• Translator English - Vietnamese: đoàn hành hương
• Translator English - Tamil: யாத்திரை
• Translator English - Marathi: तीर्थस्थान
• Translator English - Turkish: hac
• Translator English - Italian: pellegrinaggio
• Translator English - Polish: pielgrzymka
• Translator English - Ukrainian: паломництво
• Translator English - Romanian: pelerinaj
• Translator English - Greek: προσκύνημα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: pelgrimstog
• Translator English - Swedish: pilgrimsfärd
• Translator English - Norwegian: pilegrimsferd

10 QUOTES WITH «PILGRIMAGE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pilgrimage.

1

Karen Armstrong

The hajj is one of the five essential practices of Islam; when they make the pilgrimage to Mecca, Muslims ritually act out the central principles of their faith.

2

A. C. Benson

As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow.

3

Frederick Buechner

Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man comes upon mystery as a summons to pilgrimage.

4

John Bunyan

My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it.

5

Donald Cargill

This is the most joyful day that ever I saw in my pilgrimage on earth.

6

Emilio Estevez

We don't think about pilgrimage in this country. We don't think about meditation. The idea of taking a six-week walk is totally foreign to most Americans. But it's probably exactly what we need.

7

Georg Hermes

The soul passeth from form to form; and the mansions of her pilgrimage are manifold.

8

Rachel Joyce

The story of Harold Fry and his unlikely pilgrimage began as an afternoon play for radio. For many years, I have been writing plays and adapting novels for 'Woman's Hour' and the 'Classic' series. So this was originally a three-hander play, broadcast one sunny afternoon on BBC Radio 4.

9

Cynthia Ozick

In 1952, I had gone to England on a literary pilgrimage, but what I also saw, even at that distance from the blitz, were bombed-out ruins and an enervated society, while the continent was still, psychologically, in the grip of its recent atrocities.

10

Abbe Pierre

The process of my transformation came to a head with my discovery of St. Francis of Assisi during a pilgrimage I went on with a scout troop from my school.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PILGRIMAGE»

Discover the use of pilgrimage in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pilgrimage and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry

When Harold Fry nips out one morning to post a letter, leaving his wife hoovering upstairs, he has no idea that he is about to walk from one end of the country to the other.

Rachel Joyce, 2012

Pilgrimage: Past and Present in the World Religions

Juxtaposing the different practices and experiences of pilgrimage in these contexts, this book reveals the common structures and singular features of sacred travel from ancient times to our own.

Simon Coleman, John Elsner, 1995

Pilgrimage: From the Ganges to Graceland : an Encyclopedia

Illustrated with maps and photographs that enrich the reader's journey, this authoritative volume explores sites, people, activities, rites, terminology, and other matters related to pilgrimage such as economics, tourism, and disease.

Linda Kay Davidson, David Martin Gitlitz, 2002

The Pilgrimage

Paulo'S Visionary Blend Of Mysticism, Magical Realism And Folklore Makes This An Adventure Story With A Difference.

Paulo Coelho, Alan R. Clarke, 1997

Pilgrimage: A Spiritual and Cultural Journey

This fascinating volume offers a history of the pilgrimage over the past two millennia, including common routes in Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales, Norway, France, Spain, Italy, Bosnia-Herzogovina, and Poland.

Ian Bradley, 2009

Pilgrimage and Power: The Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, 1765-1954

In this book, Kama Maclean examines this tension and the manner in which it was negotiated by each side.

Kama Maclean, 2008

Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages: A Reader

Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages: A Reader is a rich collection of primary sources for the history of Christian pilgrimage in Europe and the Mediterranean world from the fourth through the sixteenth centuries.

Brett Edward Whalen, 2011

Pilgrimage:

A striking collection by the eminent photographer encompasses her visual translations of how people live and do their work, showcasing her images of historically and culturally relevant homes belonging to such famous figures as Sigmund ...

Annie Leibovitz, 2011

Pilgrimage: The English Experience from Becket to Bunyan

A collection of essays on pilgrimage, a central feature of medieval and Renaissance English life.

Colin Morris, Peter Roberts, 2002

Pilgrimage: A Traveller's Guide to Australia's Battlefields

We hear the voices of those who fought in World War I, World War II, Vietnam, Korea and East Timor and the stories of the key Australian battles.

Garrie Hutchinson, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PILGRIMAGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pilgrimage is used in the context of the following news items.

Irish Christians make annual pilgrimage up Croagh Patrick - AOL.com

The annual Christian pilgrimage of climbing up Croagh Patrick mountain (2,504 ft) in Mayo, Ireland was cancelled on Sunday due to ... «AOL News, Jul 15»

Peace pilgrimage: Professor to visit Humboldt next weekend

Tamashiro will visit Humboldt County next weekend and will give two talks as part of his “Coming-Full-Circle” Peace Pilgrimage, to ... «Eureka Times Standard, Jul 15»

Woman killed by lightning during pilgrimage

The incident happened at the local pilgrimage church of St Anna during a holy mass, when a flash of lighting hit two trees standing near the ... «The Slovak Spectator, Jul 15»

Over 4k mobile toilets make Pandharpur pilgrimage a truly Swachh …

Responding to the Swachh Bharat campaign, a former Lok Sabha MP from Pune, Pradeep Rawat, decided to chip in in his own way with an ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»

Scotland coach Stuart McCall on a very special pilgrimage to Wembley

THERE are times in life when a man has earned his right to rub it in. Standing alone in a pub in the north of England, decked out in a tartan ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»

Faithful Praise Organizers of Pilgrimage to Santa Ana Sanctuary

The annual pilgrimage to the Santa Ana Sanctuary in Caxito ended on Sunday with the solemn Eucharistic celebration presided over by the ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»

Karaganda Professor Makes Pilgrimage to Grave of Chronicler of …

ASTANA – Teacher of Kazakh history Olga Kovtun's favourite era to help students discover is the birth of the Kazakh state in the mid-15th ... «Astana Times, Jul 15»

Man whose disability mistaken for drunkenness to complete …

... after he claims his disability was mistaken for drunkenness is to return there today after a 300-mile cross-country pilgrimage from Coventry. «ITV News, Jul 15»

Pilgrimage honours Rockies trailblazer Lawrence Grassi

The pilgrimage to the lake was part of the local launch of his official biography, Lawrence Grassi: From Piedmont to the Rocky Mountains, by ... «Calgary Herald, Jul 15»

On Pilgrimage with St. James the Greater

July 25 is the feast of St. James the Greater, apostle. St. James the Greater was one of the twelve Apostles, but had a special relationship with ... «Catholic Culture, Jul 15»