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Pilgrimage of Grace
Pilgrimage of Grace 1536, rising of Roman Catholics in N England. It was a protest against the government's abolition of papal supremacy (1534) and confiscation (1536) of the smaller monastic properties, intensified by grievances against inclosures and high rents and taxes. The Catholics proteste... Read more
pilgrim
pilgrim one who travels to a shrine or other sacred place out of religious motives. Pilgrimages are a feature of many religions and cultures. Examples in ancient Greece were the pilgrimages to Eleusis and Delphi. Pilgrimages are well established in India (e.g., to Varanasi, or Benares, on the sacre... Read more
Arafat
Arafat or Arafa , granite hill, Saudi Arabia, near Mecca . The hill was an ancient pagan sanctuary and is shrouded in many legends. It is a site for prayers during the hajj , the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. Atop the hill is a minaret, reached by broad stone steps. On the 60th step is a ... Read more
Croagh Patrick
Croagh Patrick , mountain, 2,510 ft (765 m) high, Co. Mayo, W Republic of Ireland, near Westport Bay. Legend connects it with St. Patrick, and its summit has long been a place of pilgrimage. ... Read more
An Najaf
An Najaf , city (1987 pop. 309,010), S central Iraq, on a lake near the Euphrates River. The city, one of Shi'a Islam's holiest, is also called Mashad Ali, after the tomb (in a mosque) of Ali , son-in-law of Muhammad the Prophet. The tomb is an object of pilgrimage by Shiite Muslims and a starting ... Read more
hajj
hajj , the pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, one of the five basic requirements ( arkan or "pillars" ) of Islam. Its annual observance corresponds to the major holy day id al-adha, itself a commemoration of Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son on Divine orders. While the hajj is a relig... Read more
Avellino
Avellino , city (1991 pop. 55,662), capital of Avellino prov., Campania, S Italy. It is an agricultural and light manufacturing center. Although damaged by earthquakes in 1930 and 1980, the city has retained much of its medieval aspect. Of note are the 12th-century cathedral and the ruins of a castl... Read more
Cartago
Cartago , city (1995 est. pop. 31,413), central Costa Rica, capital of Cartago prov. The raising of livestock and the production of coffee are its main industries. Cartago was founded in 1563. It was the political center of Costa Rica until shortly after independence was won from Spain in 1821 and r... Read more
Saint David
Saint David d.588?, patron saint of Wales, first abbot of Menevia (present-day Saint David's ). He apparently established a strict rule and was a zealous missionary, founding 12 monasteries. His cult, which was popular in Wales from very early days, made the pilgrimage to his shrine important in t... Read more
Halle
Halle , Fr. Hal, commune (1991 pop. 32,758), Flemish Brabant prov., central Belgium, on the Charleroi-Brussels Canal. It is a commercial and industrial center. Manufactures include textiles, carpets, and iron and steel products. Halle's Gothic Church of Our Lady (14th-15th cent.), a popular pilgri... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "pilgrimage"

Nabi Musa Pilgrimage
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa NABI MUSA PILGRIMAGE annual muslim pilgrimage to a shrine situated in the desert between jerusalem and...according to muslim tradition, moses is buried. The Nabi Musa pilgrimage starts a week before the Greek Orthodox Good Friday. According...
Pilgrimage of Grace
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Pilgrimage of Grace 1536, rising of Roman Catholics...Although Aske and other leaders of the Pilgrimage of Grace tried to prevent this new disorder...The repression in N England after the Pilgrimage of Grace put an end to open opposition...
Pilgrimage church architecture
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Pilgrimage church architecture see Romanesque architecture and art .
pilgrimages
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...vulgarity and commercialism of pilgrimages. Though protestant reformers disapproved strongly of pilgrimages, the concept of life as a pilgrimage survived in Bunyan's Pilgrim...Progress . Among catholics, pilgrimages continue, particularly since...
pilgrimage
Book article from: World Encyclopedia pilgrimage Religiously motivated...thanksgiving. Pilgrimages are common to many...should make the pilgrimage to Mecca , where...his life. This pilgrimage is known as the...Christians have made pilgrimages to Palestine...
Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land, poem in 150 cantos by Melville , published in two volumes in 1876. Using the setting he observed on a trip...
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, a poem in Spenserian stanzas by Byron , of which the first two cantos appeared in 1812, Canto III in 1816, and Canto IV in...
pilgrim
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...to protect this pilgrimage. In Western Europe...jubilee ) for special pilgrimages to Rome. Another...Canterbury—its pilgrimage was immortalized...Other English pilgrimages were to Walsingham...Badges to show what pilgrimages one had made were...Catholic centers of pilgrimage ...
Mecca
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained ...not create a hardship must undertake a pilgrimage, a hajj, to Mecca once in their lifetime...estimated membership of 1.2 billion. The pilgrimage (hajj) to the sacred city of Mecca...courtyard. The third aspect of the pilgrimage involves walking about five miles to...
Labyrinth Walking
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine ...built as substitutes for going on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, a journey that was physically...period. Cathedrals were designated as pilgrimage shrines, and labyrinths were embedded...pilgrims the final act of devotion on the pilgrimage. The circuitous journey to the center...

Dictionary entries related to "pilgrimage"

Pilgrimage of Grace
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Pilgrimage of Grace, 1536–7. The Pilgrimage was a widespread northern rising against Henry VIII's religious policies. It seems to have been triggered by the dissolution of the smaller monasteries, began at Louth in Lincolnshire...
Pilgrimage of Grace, the
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Pilgrimage of Grace, the. A series of risings in N. England in 1536–7. There was widespread hatred of T. Cromwell and of...
Pilgrimage
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...in Jerusalem). Pilgrimage frequently, and...values and status; pilgrimages may then take on...earliest Christian pilgrimages, but the practice...Etheriae (The Pilgrimage of Etheria) is...with consequent pilgrimages, e.g. to Lourdes...x12A;RTHA . Pilgrimage is supremely important...
pilgrimage
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism ...Undertaking religious pilgrimage is a seen as a meritorious...Those undertaking a pilgrimage are believed to accumulate...karma as a result. Pilgrimages are undertaken for many...for the practice of pilgrimage in the Mahā...
pilgrimage-church
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture pilgrimage-church. Although many great churches were places of pilgrimage (e.g. the Cathedrals of Canterbury and Lincoln...the term is especially given to those churches on pilgrimage-routes, e.g. on the way to Santiago de Compostela...
pilgrimages
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History pilgrimages, visits to shrines or holy places, were undertaken for...Though protestant reformers disapproved strongly of pilgrimages, the concept of life as a pilgrimage survived in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress .
Grace, Pilgrimage of
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Grace, Pilgrimage of. See PILGRIMAGE OF GRACE .
Egeria, Pilgrimage of
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Egeria, Pilgrimage of. The account of a journey by a devout woman to Egypt, the Holy Land , Edessa , Asia Minor, and Constantinople , probably...
Zimmermann Brothers
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...some of their best work (e.g. the Pilgrimage Churches of Steinhausen and Die Wies...however, was first evident at the Pilgrimage Church ( Wallfahrtskirche ) of Our Lady...xE9;lan of Steinhausen, but at the Pilgrimage Church of Christ Scourged (1744...
Ibn Baṭṭūṭa
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...on 14 June 1325 in order to make the pilgrimage to Mecca. He returned to Morocco...religious education. Going on the pilgrimage meant visiting and, on occasion, studying...statement that he was in Mecca during the pilgrimage a year earlier. His itinerary often...

Thesaurus entries related to "pilgrimage"

pilgrimage
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus pilgrimage • noun  an annual pilgrimage to the Holy City synonyms : religious journey, religious expedition, hajj, crusade, mission. See note at journey.
journey
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...roving, globe-trotting, odyssey, pilgrimage, outing, jaunt.   USAGE NOTES...xA0; excursion, expedition, jaunt, pilgrimage, trip, voyage While all of these nouns...rest of these nouns, expedition and pilgrimage apply to journeys that are undertaken...
quest
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...synonyms : expedition, journey, voyage, trek, travels, odyssey, adventure, exploration, search; crusade, mission, pilgrimage; informal Holy Grail. phrase: in quest of  thousands flocked north in quest of gold synonyms : in search of...
odyssey
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus odyssey • noun  Magellan's great odyssey | the book details her odyssey from housewife to world leader synonyms : journey, voyage, trek, travels, quest, crusade, pilgrimage, wandering, journeying; archaic peregrination.
travel
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...journeys, expeditions, trips, tours, excursions, voyages, treks, safaris, explorations, wanderings, odysseys, pilgrimages, jaunts, junkets; traveling, touring, sightseeing, backpacking, globe-trotting, gallivanting; archaic peregrinations...
voyage
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...noun  the voyage lasted 120 days synonyms : journey, trip, expedition, excursion, tour; hike, trek, travels; pilgrimage, quest, crusade, odyssey; cruise, passage, flight, drive, road trip. See note at journey. • verb  ...

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Pilgrimage and Healing
Magazine article from: Western Folklore; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...Creativist and Catholic Pilgrimage at French Catholic Shrines...alike call their journeys "pilgrimages" in order to highlight...next two chapters are about pilgrimages emically constructed as secular...Vietnam Veterans' Motorcycle Pilgrimage" by Jill Dubisch, participants...
The pilgrimages of David Lodge.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Christianity and Literature; 3/22/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...the concept of pilgrimage is alive and well, if by pilgrimage one means a purposeful...traditional religious pilgrimages still flourish...folk long to go on pilgrimages. Only, these...the motif of pilgrimage is not especially...
Pilgrimage and Holy Space in Late Antique Egypt.
Magazine article from: Church History; 6/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; Pilgrimage and Holy Space in Late Antique Egypt. Edited...history invites readers to appreciate the role pilgrimage played in the Christianization of Egypt. Some aspects of pilgrimage addressed here, such as pilgrim chants, have...
Pilgrimages and Spiritual Quests in Japan
Magazine article from: Japanese Journal of Religious Studies; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...1996) on the theme "Pilgrimage and the International...most famous historic pilgrimage destinations. The...into four parts: 1) pilgrimages, paths and places...s approach in his Pilgrimages: Aspects of Japanese...of the category of pilgrimage to a personal quest...
The Road to Jerusalem: Pilgrimage and Travel in the Age of Discovery.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Christianity and Literature; 3/22/2009; ; 700+ words ; The Road to Jerusalem: Pilgrimage and Travel in the Age of Discovery...38 illus. $49.95. Love's Pilgrimage: The Holy Journey in English Renaissance...The Road to Jerusalem and Love's Pilgrimage provide two accounts of the literature...
Why go on a pilgrimage tour? Why not!(Tourism)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 12/2/2007; 700+ words ; ...which specializes in pilgrimage tours since the 1980s...the global market for pilgrimages has grown at an unprecedented...clientele hieing off on pilgrimage trips. It is not easy...this wrong notion that pilgrimages with a group tend to...their parents on a pilgrimage, later on realize...
Pilgrimage organizer for 50 yrs. retires.(Tourism)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 4/1/2003; 700+ words ; ...to organize another pilgrimage, Larry C. Tolentino...those who joined his pilgrimages for many years. He...him to lead another pilgrimage, some of them are...memories of so many pilgrimages he has led in the past...the job of organizing pilgrimage to Europe and the Holy...
Committee on Pilgrimages Meets in Paris
Newspaper article from: Armenian Reporter, The; 2/15/1997; 700+ words ; ...earlier, a series of pilgrimages are being planned beginning...if not all, of the pilgrimages will culminate in Armenia...Derderian, chairman of the pilgrimage committee; Very Rev...in order to make the pilgrimages more memorable and...presentation of the pilgrimage schedules. 3. Travel...
Faithful flock to Uniontown for Byzantine Catholic pilgrimage
Newspaper article from: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; 8/30/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...as part of the 74th Annual Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady...instead of riding to the pilgrimage will be part of the religious...children attended the last three pilgrimages. "It's a family weekend...two teenagers, broke the pilgrimage into two parts: the religious...
World Youth Day tied to 'culture of pilgrimage.' (includes related article on anti-Catholic reaction to the papal visit)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 7/2/1993; ; 700+ words ; ...visit to Denver as a pilgrimage. He thinks of all...He sees them as "pilgrimages to the heart of the...idea of "going on pilgrimage" comes naturally to...Anglican and Catholic pilgrimages have been revived in...specifications. But my first pilgrimage ever was to Chartres...