/ ˈpɪlgrɪmɪdʒ; NAmE / noun [ C , U ]
1.
a journey to a holy place for religious reasons :
to go on / make a pilgrimage
2.
a journey to a place that is connected with sb/sth that you admire or respect :
His grave has become a place of pilgrimage .
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English : from Provençal pelegrinage , from pelegrin , from Latin peregrinus foreign, from peregre abroad, from per- through + ager field.