peregrination

Meaning

1. (archaic, countable) A person's life regarded as a temporary stay on earth and a journey to the afterlife.
2. (archaic, broadly, countable) A journey made by a pilgrim; a pilgrimage; also (uncountable) the making of pilgrimages.
3. (broadly, countable) A journey or trip, especially by foot; also (uncountable) journeying, travelling.
4. (broadly, figuratively, uncountable) Broad or systematic discussion of a subject; (countable) an instance of this; a discourse.
5. (broadly, figuratively, uncountable) Straying from the main subject in speech or writing; digression; (countable) an instance of this.
6. (broadly, obsolete, uncountable) The state of living abroad temporarily; sojourning; (countable) an act of doing this; a sojourn.

Synonyms

journey

tour

voyage

wayfaring

wandering

trip

travel

rove

run

sabbatical year

saunter

step

stretch

transfer

transit

travels

trek

vagrancy

voyages

voyagings

walk

🚶

walkabout

way

itineracy

itineration

migration

guide book

travelling

hike

journeyings

legwork

passage

pilgrimage

ramble

Translations

peregrinazione

pérégrination

voyage

peregrinação

Wanderung

viaggio

Wanderschaft

περιπλάνηση

Reise

peregrinació

πεζοπορία

περιοδεία

οδοιπορία

ταξίδι/διαδρομή/μετατόπιση

αποδημία

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌpɛɹɪɡɹɪˈneɪʃn̩/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: peregrinacioun

Cognate with French: pérégrination

In summary

From Late Middle English peregrinacioun, peregrinacion (“journey; pilgrimage; (figuratively) human journey through life”), from Anglo-Norman peregrinaciun (“human journey through life”), peregrination (“pilgrimage; overseas travel”), and Old French peregrinacion, peregrination (“pilgrimage; overseas travel”) (modern French pérégrination), and from their etymon Latin peregrīnātiō (“overseas sojourn or travel; (Late Latin) pilgrimage; sojourn; human journey through life”), from peregrīnātus (“living or travelling overseas”) + -iō (suffix forming abstract nouns). Peregrīnātus is the perfect passive participle of peregrīnor (“to live or travel overseas; to be overseas; to roam, rove; to be a stranger”), from peregrīnus (“alien, foreign; exotic”) (from peregrē̆ (“abroad; from abroad; heading abroad”) + -īnus (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘of or pertaining to’)) + -or (suffix forming first-person singular present passive indicative verbs).