PILGRIMAGE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A journey to a sacred place

Synonyms:

pilgrim's journey; pilgrimage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("pilgrimage" is a kind of...):

journey; journeying (the act of traveling from one place to another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pilgrimage"):

hadj; haj; hajj (the fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Hijja; at least once in a lifetime a Muslim is expected to make a religious journey to Mecca and the Kaaba)

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