PEREGRINATION


Meaning of PEREGRINATION in English

ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈnāshən noun

( -s )

Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin peregrination-, peregrinatio, from peregrinatus (past. participle of peregrinari ) + -ion-, -io -ion

1.

a. : an act of traveling or traversing

stopped a moment in his peregrination of the room — J.C.Snaith

especially : foreign travel

b. : an excursion especially on foot or to a foreign country : journey , travel — usually used in plural

his anthropological peregrinations took him into the hylean Amazon

desire to promote national sentiment through the peregrinations of the Supreme Court justices maintained the circuit riding system — Felix Frankfurter

built great boats for his posthumous peregrinations — J.D.Hillaby

c. obsolete

(1) : a stay in a foreign country : sojourn , exile

(2) : the period of man's life on earth

pray that God would pour down upon us graces for our peregrination here — John Donne

2. : a widely ranging discourse or treatment

an unevenly rambling intellectual peregrination — Jacob Hammer

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.