pilgrimage
Example Sentences
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His shrine was so important that Pope Callistus II said two pilgrimages to St Davids were worth one to the Vatican.
From BBC
Perched on the edge of the rugged Yorkshire moors that inspired Emily Bronte to write her masterpiece "Wuthering Heights", the quaint village of Haworth has long been a place of literary pilgrimage.
From Barron's
In 2017, Mr. Mian writes, Mr. Putin “commissioned a statue of Ivan the Terrible in central Moscow. It immediately became a pilgrimage destination.”
The purpose of this pilgrimage was to raise awareness for peace.
From Salon
The vehicle had been carrying about 60 people who were returning from a pilgrimage when it crashed on a curved stretch of a highway in the rural interior of Alagoas state on Tuesday morning.
From BBC
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