pilgrimage (age as ig)

[Fr. pélerinage, from pélerin a pilgrim (q. v.); Ital. pellegrinaggio; Sp. peregrin age.] 1. A journey undertaken by a pilgrim; spec if., a journey to some distant place, sacred and venerable for some reason, undertaken for devotional pur poses. 2. In Script .: The journey of human life. (Gene sis xlvii. 9.) *3. A time irksomely spent; a long and weary time. Three cla es of people in most religions have been strongly impelled to undertake pilgrimages. First, those who, being deeply pious, desire to visit spots rendered sacred by what are believed to be special manifestations of Divinity; second, those who po e the instinct of the traveler and love to visit strange scenes; third, those who hope to obtain greater facilities for immorality than they are likely to have at home. Pilgrimages are an e ential part of the Hindu and Mohammedan systems, and the visits to Jerusalem three times a year of the Jewish race were of the nature of pilgrimages. The Empre Helena led the way in Christian pilgrimages by visiting Jerusalem in A. D. 326. Once commenced, they continued through the whole middle ages, and then somewhat flagged, but have recently been revived. pil'-grim-age (age as Ig), v. i. [PILGRIMAGE, s.] To go on a pilgrimage. *pil-grim-ize, v . i. [Eng. pilgrim ; -ize.] To go on a pilgrimage; to wander about as a pilgrim. "And thou will but pilgrimize it along with me to the land of Utopia." -Ben Jonson: Case is Altered , ii. 4. pi'-11, 3.pl. [Lat., pl. of pilus = a hair.] Bot.: Hairs. There are pili capitati, pili malpighiacei, .