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PILGRIMAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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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