Thesaurus results for PILGRIMAGE

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verb

Definition of pilgrimage

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

Verb

Nearly 100,000 visitors pilgrimage to the area annually to witness a forest canopy cloaked in orange-and-black wings. — Jen Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026 Several hundred of them pilgrimage to Arizona each February for the I Heart Pluto Festival. — David Allan, CNN Money, 3 Mar. 2026

Noun

Hundreds of the missing are foreigners who were in the area to work, trek or make a pilgrimage to a sacred peak. — ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026 Hundreds of the missing are foreigners who were in the area to work, trek or make a pilgrimage to a sacred Nepali peak. — CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pilgrimage

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Verb

Against all odds, Nene takes the road less traveled and apologizes.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026
From a design-forward city escape to an eco-friendly island retreat (and a uniquely historic getaway coming soon), discover what Patina can offer globe-trotters interested in a transformative way of traveling through life and through the world.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of travel

Noun

The $4 billion observatory is on a million-mile journey to an orbit beyond the moon.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
What started as a column for a youth magazine at a club in North London has now been running for over a decade, with several of the other students Dimoldenberg met there going on the journey with her.

— Ellise Shafer, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of journey

Verb

At least 62 missing Nepali citizens were among hundreds of locals trekking in the Gosaikunda Lake area in Rasuwa, coinciding with the local festival of Janai Purnima on Friday, Sharma added.

— Niranjan Shrestha, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Her parents paid the doctor who trekked to their home to deliver her with a sack of cornmeal.

— Shima Oliaee, Time, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of trek

Noun

The idea that these two would have a five-minute-or-less breakup conversation, then plop down on the couch and happily embark on an acid trip together, strains credulity a little, even for this bizarre, codependent friend group.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
There are also increasing concerns that the Russia-Ukraine war could escalate, amid reports that CIA chief John Ratcliffe have made a secretive Moscow trip to warn Russia against attacking NATO.

— Justina Lee, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of trip

Verb

Known as the frontman of The Police, Sting tours with hits and solo work.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026
Although this will be Biird’s debut at the KC Irish Fest, many of the band’s members have toured the United States with previous groups.

— Dan Kelly August 30, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of tour

Verb

However, when her island's resources are threatened, Moana embraces her ancestors' voyaging heritage and heads out to sea to find Maui, deliver the heart of Te Fiti (which Maui stole back in the day) and save her people.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 July 2026
When a blight hits the island, the result of a curse that began when Maui stole a gem representing the heart of the goddess Te Fiti, Moana gets her quest and excuse to voyage — to find the missing Maui and force him to return the stone.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 July 2026

Definition of voyage

Noun

Those who managed to secure release under habeas corpus brought back accounts of harrowing, disorganized odysseys through an ad-hoc mass-detention bureaucracy.

— Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Lastly, what day on the set of Idiots made the entire 13-year odyssey worth the wait?

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026

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