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Definition of peregrination - 4 dictionary results

per⋅e⋅gri⋅na⋅tion

  [per-i-gruh-ney-shuhn]
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–noun
1. travel from one place to another, esp. on foot.
2. a course of travel; journey.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME peregrinacioun (< MF peregrinacion) < L peregrīnātiōn- (s. of peregrīnātiō) a traveling abroad. See peregrinate, -ion

Synonyms:
1, 2. trip, excursion, expedition.
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per·e·gri·nate   (pěr'ĭ-grə-nāt')   
v.   per·e·gri·nat·ed, per·e·gri·nat·ing, per·e·gri·nates

v.   intr.
To journey or travel from place to place, especially on foot.
v.   tr.
To travel through or over; traverse.

[Latin peregrīnārī, peregrīnāt-, from peregrīnus, foreigner; see peregrine.]
per'e·gri·na'tion n., per'e·gri·na'tor n.
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Peregrination

Per`e*gri*na"tion\, n. [L. peregrinatio: cf. F. p['e]r['e]grination.] A traveling from one country to another; a wandering; sojourn in foreign countries. "His peregrination abroad." --Bacon.
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peregrination 
1528, from O.Fr. peregrination (12c.), from L. peregrinationem (nom. peregrinatio) "a journey," from peregrinatus, pp. of peregrinari "to journey or travel abroad," from peregrinus "from foreign parts, foreigner," from peregre "abroad," properly "that found outside Roman territory," from per- (q.v.) + agri, loc. of ager "field, territory, land, country" (see acre).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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