Pilgrimage
Holy destination trek
A pilgrimage is a journey to a sacred place or shrine, undertaken for religious devotion: the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, medieval pilgrimages to Canterbury.
The meaning extends to any journey with deep personal significance: a pilgrimage to her grandmother's birthplace, fans make pilgrimages to Graceland.
The verb means to make such a journey.
Worthy of reverence
- shrineSacred devotional place
- templeSacred worship structure
- MeccaIslam's most sacred city
- JerusalemTriply sacred ancient capital
Lourdes · Varanasi · devotion · blessing · relic · saint · hajj · sanctuary
Seeking journey for something
- searchAct of seeking
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- transformationThorough change in form
- purposeReason something exists
meaning · calling · awakening · self-discovery · passage · milestone · crossroads · introspection
Arduous overland journey
- pathRoute for traveling
- routePath from A to B
- waymarksRoute-indicating markers
- walkingLocomotion on foot
stages · destination · traveler · footsteps · trail · distance · arrival · milestone
Of one's forebears
- homelandOne's native land
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
- birthplaceLocation of one's birth
memorial · tribute · homage · commemoration · Graceland · Cooperstown · literary · fandom
sacred
Worthy of reverence
Jerusalem · Lourdes · Varanasi · devotion · blessing · relic · saint · hajj · sanctuary · holy
quest
Seeking journey for something
- searchAct of seeking
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- transformationThorough change in form
purpose · meaning · calling · awakening · self-discovery · passage · milestone · crossroads · introspection · growth
trek
Arduous overland journey
walking · stages · destination · traveler · footsteps · trail · distance · arrival · milestone · itinerary
ancestral
Of one's forebears
birthplace · memorial · tribute · homage · commemoration · Graceland · Cooperstown · literary · fandom · iconic
Pilgrimagevacation
Leisure time away
pleasure trip · holiday · sightseeing · jaunt · excursion
Pilgrimageexile
Banishment from homeland
banishment · expulsion · flight · deportation · diaspora
Pilgrimageapostasy
Renunciation of former beliefs
sacrilege · desecration · profanation · blasphemy · secularization
- pilgrimage siteSacred destination for worship
- spiritual pilgrimageReligious journey for enlightenment
- pilgrimage routePath to sacred destination
- religious pilgrimagesDevotional travel to shrines
- annual pilgrimageRecurring sacred journey
- pilgrimage pathRoute to holy destination