peregrination
Americannoun
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travel from one place to another, especially on foot.
- Synonyms:
- expedition, excursion, trip
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a course of travel; journey.
- Synonyms:
- expedition, excursion, trip
noun
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a voyage, esp an extensive one
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the act or process of travelling
Etymology
Origin of peregrination
1425–75; late Middle English peregrinacioun (< Middle French peregrinacion ) < Latin peregrīnātiōn- (stem of peregrīnātiō ) a traveling abroad. See peregrinate, -ion
Explanation
If you went backpacking through Europe last summer, you could call your travels a peregrination. A peregrination is a long journey or period of wandering. Peregrination comes from the Latin peregrinari, which means “to travel abroad.” A peregrination is a journey or pilgrimage, especially one that's made on foot. This word typically applies to traveling for an extended period of time or over a great distance. So, you wouldn’t call a trip to the grocery store a peregrination. However, if you traveled the globe looking for the world’s best grocery store, you could call that a peregrination.
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Example Sentences
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A jaunt to the Waffle House across the street required a peregrination across a hot ocean of tarmac.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2023
Finding community and disagreement in a space in which talking to strangers might be more welcome than at, say, my local coffee shop is particularly alluring peregrination.
From Salon • Nov. 5, 2022
Amal’s performance that night, with its narrative of a weary child’s peregrination through Dumbo to the glass-walled carousel in Brooklyn Bridge Park, should have been delicate and gorgeous.
From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2022
Or call it mental peregrination, as I find myself hiking again up the rocky path of a small, spherical mountain rising where the Tauranga harbor meets the sea.
From Washington Post • Apr. 30, 2020
Peter, whose habit it was to walk up and down endlessly wherever he felt most at home, paused in his peregrination, as Margaret shyly gathered the rough little head to her bosom.
From Turn About Eleanor by Cootes, F. Graham
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