peregrination
A journey or trip, especially by footA journey or trip, especially by foot; also (uncountable) journeying, travelling.
Meaning
6 senses(broadly, countable)A journey or trip, especially by foot; also (uncountable) journeying, travelling.
(broadly, figuratively, uncountable)Broad or systematic discussion of a subject; (countable) an instance of this; a discourse.
(broadly, figuratively, uncountable)Straying from the main subject in speech or writing; digression; (countable) an instance of this.
(archaic, countable)A person's life regarded as a temporary stay on earth and a journey to the afterlife.
(archaic, broadly, countable)A journey made by a pilgrim; a pilgrimage; also (uncountable) the making of pilgrimages.
(broadly, obsolete, uncountable)The state of living abroad temporarily; sojourning; (countable) an act of doing this; a sojourn.
- traveling or wandering around
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Late Middle English peregrinacioun, peregrinacion (“journey; pilgrimage; (figurativelFrom 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).
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Forms
plural: peregrinations| Singular | peregrination |
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Synonyms
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7 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable