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Pilgrimage

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˈpɪlɡɹɪmɪd͡ʒ

Definitions

  1. A journey made to a sacred place, or a religious journey.
  2. The 22nd sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
  3. A visit to any site revered or associated with a meaningful event.

Equivalents

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Azərbaycan diliziyarət
Беларускаяпало́мніцтва
Češtinapout
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עבריתרגל
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Қазақ тілізияратқажылық
한국어순례
Кыргызчаажыга
LëtzebuergeschPilgerfaart
Bahasa Melayuziarah
Slovenčinapúť
Kiswahilihija
Тоҷикӣҳаҷҷ
Türkmençezyýarat
Türkçehacziyaret
O'zbekchaziyorat

Examples

“In the Muslim faith, the pilgrimage to Mecca is known as the Hajj.”
Rome, the mighty mother of the Christian faith, whose amphitheatres had been red with the blood of the saints, and where the pilgrimage and the miracle still testified to the truth.”
“It was like a weary pilgrimage amongst hints for nightmares.”
“Quarians are surgically fitted with their various immunity-boosted implants in preparation for leaving on Pilgrimage.”
Each year we made a pilgrimage to New York City to visit the pub where we all first met.”
The Berghof, too, was largely reduced to ash, sparing it the indignity of the tour guides Hitler so dreaded, and leaving a place of pilgrimage for future generations of Hitler worshippersexactly how Adolf Hitler would have wanted it.”
For fans, the shows are a pilgrimage, and a rediscovery of the joys of mass gatherings.”
Earlier this year, the resident was granted permission to install a gate to deter them from making what has become a sort of pilgrimage [Carrie Bradshaw's stoop].”

CEFR level

C2
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