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pilgrimage

 noun
     
Related topics: Religion
pil‧grim‧age [uncountable and countable]
1RR a journey to a holy place for religious reasons
make a pilgrimage/go on (a) pilgrimage
the chance to go on pilgrimage to Mecca
2 a journey to a place connected with someone or something famous:
Presley's home has become a place of pilgrimage.
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