peregrination
1
9.9
- noun
- /ˌpɛrəɡrɪˈneɪʃən/
- Literature
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peregrinación
- Her peregrination across Europe lasted three months, allowing her to experience many different cultures.
Examples
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Just as my brother, four-and-a-half years older than I, was absorbed by his intellectual peregrinations through China, I was fascinated by Egypt.
Academic text (1998) -
From there, he made his way as a missionary to Africa, India, the Spice Islands, and Japan, reaching the easternmost point of his peregrinations at the Japanese imperial capital of Kyoto.
Academic text (2003) -
Two distinct reasons for peregrination are given in the text.
Academic text (1996) -
The more Wilbur-like peregrination through the countryside on blue highways had to wait for the return journey.
Academic text (2006) -
To that end, I have created this step by step guide to make your peregrinations in the past as pleasant and non fatal as possible.
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The peregrinations of touring Americans, especially notables, were reported throughout Europe.
Fiction book (1993) -
However, they continued their peregrinations every Sunday and also engaged in other activities, principally in the city of Havana.
Blog text (22) -
Following a brief monastic peregrination, John arrived at Camaldoli, where he followed a life of austerity and abstinence "for many days."
Academic text (2005) -
Let us now consider how human beings employ walking as a kind of discursive tool to map out their peregrinations through an environment, an aspect that has prompted comparison with the use of language.
Academic text (2005) -
Dikshita's peregrinations symbolize a cultural circuit of Hindu pilgrimage.
Academic text (2001)
Synonyms
∞
1.1
A long trip from one place to another or a change in someone's life
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1.0
Going from one place to another for work or pleasure
146
1.1
Going from one place to another, often over a distance
6
3.4
Traveling from place to place without a fixed place to go
1
8.4
Traveling on foot between different places
Moving from one place to another, often over a long distance
Travel from place to place for work
Travel from place to place to give talks, often to preach
Antonyms
How Far
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4.1
279
4.8
- Literature
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9.9
40
2.6
∞
1.0
∞
1.0
92
1.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
peregrination = peregrinate (semi-transparent) = peregrinate + ion
Formally derived from the verb 'peregrinate' plus the nominalising suffix '-ion', but the verb and Latin root are relatively rare and Latinate, so many learners will not recognise the base.
Etymology
The word peregrination comes from the Latin peregrinari and peregrinus, which mean 'to travel abroad' and 'foreigner'. So a peregrination is a long journey through distant or foreign places, like a pilgrim's long trip.