Synonyms for peregrination

Grammar : Noun

Spell : per-i-gruh-ney-shuhn

Phonetic Transcription : ˌpɛr ɪ grəˈneɪ ʃən

Définition of peregrination

Origin : early 15c., from Old French peregrination "pilgrimage, long absence" (12c.) or directly from Latin peregrinationem (nominative peregrinatio) "a journey, a sojourn abroad," noun of action from past participle stem of peregrinari "to journey or travel abroad," figuratively "to roam about, wander," from peregrinus "from foreign parts, foreigner," from peregre (adv.) "abroad," properly "from abroad, found outside Roman territory," from per- (see per) + agri, locative of ager "field, territory, land, country" (see acre).

noun traversing

Example sentences :

They were contented with the peregrination of daily necessity.
Extract from : « Scandinavians on the Pacific, Puget Sound » by Thomas Ostenson Stine

And where, I ask, would he be more likely to obtain the object of his peregrination, viz.
Extract from : « The Round Towers of Ireland » by Henry O'Brien

I rested for half an hour, and then commenced my peregrination.
Extract from : « A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy » by Ida Pfeiffer

We may now continue our peregrination along the main street.
Extract from : « Corea or Cho-sen » by A (Arnold) Henry Savage-Landor

I pray you Lucius tell me the cause of your peregrination hither.
Extract from : « The Golden Asse » by Lucius Apuleius

At last she spoke again, out of the dusk from the corner she had reached in her peregrination.
Extract from : « Marion Darche » by F. Marion Crawford

Thereupon the Buddha prescribed that the monks were to keep ‘Vassa,’ and refrain from peregrination during the rains.
Extract from : « Buddhism, In its Connexion With Brahmanism and Hinduism, and In Its Contrast with Christianity » by Sir Monier Monier-Williams

In the course of my peregrination, as aunt calls it, I happen'd in to a house where D—— was attending the Lady of the family.
Extract from : « Diary of Anna Green Winslow » by Anna Green Winslow

After dinner we had to undertake a third peregrination to bed, and a fourth the next morning to get our train.
Extract from : « Hawthorne and His Circle » by Julian Hawthorne

He straightened himself up, patted his hair, and resumed his peregrination.
Extract from : « Mortal Coils » by Aldous Huxley

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