peregrination

American  

[per-i-gruh-ney-shuhn] / ˌpɛr ɪ grəˈneɪ ʃən /

noun

1. travel from one place to another, especially on foot.

   Synonyms:

   expedition, excursion, trip

2. a course of travel; journey.

   Synonyms:

   expedition, excursion, trip

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Etymology

Origin of peregrination

1425–75; late Middle English peregrinacioun (< Middle French peregrinacion ) < Latin peregrīnātiōn- (stem of peregrīnātiō ) a traveling abroad. See peregrinate, -ion

Example Sentences

A jaunt to the Waffle House across the street required a peregrination across a hot ocean of tarmac.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2023

Finding community and disagreement in a space in which talking to strangers might be more welcome than at, say, my local coffee shop is particularly alluring peregrination.

From Salon • Nov. 5, 2022

Amal’s performance that night, with its narrative of a weary child’s peregrination through Dumbo to the glass-walled carousel in Brooklyn Bridge Park, should have been delicate and gorgeous.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2022

Or call it mental peregrination, as I find myself hiking again up the rocky path of a small, spherical mountain rising where the Tauranga harbor meets the sea.

From Washington Post • Apr. 30, 2020

Hogarth, William, his career, 120, 133; caricatures by, 134, 137, 138; his five days' peregrination, 137; anecdote by, 138; his burlesque dedication, 140; procures act of Parliament, 141; his last letter, 304.

From Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. by Parton, James