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• Pilgrimage — In religion and spirituality, a pilgrimage is a long journey or search of great moral significance. Sometimes, it is a journey to a sacred place or shrine of importance to a person s beliefs and faith. Members of many major religions participate… …   Wikipedia

• Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk — Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk at Zelená Hora * UNESCO World Heritage Site …   Wikipedia

• pilgrimage — /pil greuh mij/, n., v., pilgrimaged, pilgrimaging. n. 1. a journey, esp. a long one, made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion: a pilgrimage to Lourdes. 2. Islam. a. the Pilgrimage, hajj. b. umrah. 3. any long journey, esp. one… …   Universalium

• PILGRIMAGE — In Hebrew the term aliyah (lit. going up ) has been used since ancient times for pilgrimages to Jerusalem on the three festivals known as shalosh regalim). The Torah prescribes that all males must go up to Jerusalem three timesa year on the three …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Pilgrimage of Grace — Als Pilgrimage of Grace („Pilgerfahrt der Gnade“) wird eine Rebellion der Katholiken im Norden Englands unter der Führung des Juristen Robert Aske (1500–1537) im Oktober 1536 bezeichnet. Sie wuchs sich zur größten Krise während der Regierungszeit …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• pilgrimage — Traditional pilgrimage practices, having all but ceased to exist during the Cultural Revolution, re emerged in the 1980s. In addition, new forms of pilgrimage to sites associated with CCP history and the revolution that appeared following the… …   Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture

• pilgrimage — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ annual ▪ religious, spiritual VERB + PILGRIMAGE ▪ go on, make ▪ She made a pilgrimage to visit the place where h …   Collocations dictionary

• pilgrimage —    Visiting holy sites is one of the central activities in Hinduism. Many pilgrims visit shrines, rivers, sacred mountains, and sacred groves to obtain spiritual benefits; others go to achieve the worldly benefits that can also accrue from… …   Encyclopedia of Hinduism

• pilgrimage — noun a) A journey made to a sacred place, or a religious journey. In the Muslim faith, the pilgrimage to Mecca is known as the Hajj. b) A visit to any site revered or associated with a meaningful event. Eac …   Wiktionary

• Christian pilgrimage — The Way of St. James (el Camino de Santiago), is the pilgrimage to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela where legend has it that the remains of the apostle, Saint James the Great. The route was declared the first European Cultural Route by the …   Wikipedia

• Bahá'í pilgrimage — A Bahá í pilgrimage currently consists of visiting the holy places in Haifa, Akká, and Bahjí at the Bahá í World Centre in Northwest Israel. Bahá ís do not have access to other places designated as sites for pilgrimage.cite encyclopedia |last=… …   Wikipedia