peregrinated
Journeyed through lands
Peregrinated is the past tense of peregrinate, meaning to travel or journey, especially on foot or through foreign lands.
The word is literary and old-fashioned, carrying connotations of wandering or pilgrimage: He peregrinated across Europe for three years before settling in Paris.
It suggests purposeful but unhurried movement through unfamiliar territory.
Traveled a distance
- wanderedMoved without fixed course
- roamedTraveled without fixed course
- voyagedTraveled far, especially by sea
- traversedTraveled across something
trekked · traveled · migrated · sojourned · rambled · roved · globetrotted · pilgrimaged
Shifted from proper location
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- banishedForced to leave permanently
- expatriateOne living abroad permanently
stateless · uprooted · homeless · fugitive · deported · asylum · émigré · outcast
Seeking journey for something
- seekingAttempting to find
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- shrineSacred devotional place
- sacredWorthy of reverence
devotional · holy · transcendent · enlightenment · meditation · contemplative · soul-searching · inner
Belonging to earlier times
- formalFollowing strict protocol
- eruditeProfoundly knowledgeable
- bookishDevoted to reading
- ornateElaborately decorated
elevated · classical · scholarly · poetic · antiquated · rhetorical · grandiloquent · learned
journeyed
Traveled a distance
- wanderedMoved without fixed course
- roamedTraveled without fixed course
- voyagedTraveled far, especially by sea
traversed · trekked · traveled · migrated · sojourned · rambled · roved · globetrotted · pilgrimaged · toured
displaced
Shifted from proper location
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- banishedForced to leave permanently
expatriate · stateless · uprooted · homeless · fugitive · deported · asylum · émigré · outcast · wandering
quest
Seeking journey for something
sacred · devotional · holy · transcendent · enlightenment · meditation · contemplative · soul-searching · inner · mystical
archaic
Belonging to earlier times
ornate · elevated · classical · scholarly · poetic · antiquated · rhetorical · grandiloquent · learned · highbrow