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peregrination
noun - formal

a long journey in which you travel to various different places, especially on foot

Cambridge Dictionary

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ORIGIN

Peregrination comes from the Latin peregrinari, which means “to travel abroad”. A peregrination is a journey or pilgrimage, especially one that’s made on foot. This word typically applies to traveling for an extended period of time or over a great distance.

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THE WORLD'S BEST BOOKSHOP

So, you wouldn’t call a trip to a bookshop a peregrination. However, if you traveled the world looking for the world’s best bookshop, you could call that a peregrination.

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SYNONYMS

awayday, expedition, frolic, grand tour, itineration, PEREGRINATION, pilgrimage, ramble, roaming, roving, sally, trekking, wayfaring

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SMUGGLE OWAD into a conversation today, say something like:

“If PEREGRINATION is your thing, just google ’10 of the best pilgrim routes in Europe: readers’ travel tips’ from The Guardian, and start packing your rucksack.”

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