peregrinationn.

Brit.

/ˌpɛrᵻɡrᵻˈneɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˈˌpɛrəɡrəˈneɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: late Middle English–1500s peregrinacion, late Middle English–1500s peregrinacioun, 1500s peregrinacion, 1500s perègrination, 1500s peregrynacioun, 1500s peregrynasyon, 1500s–1600s perigrination, 1500s– peregrination.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French peregrination; Latin peregrīnātiōn-, peregrīnātiō.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French peregrination pilgrimage (1160–74 in Old French) travel abroad (1546; also first half of the 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman as peregrinaciun in sense ‘earthly life’; French pérégrination ) and (in later use) its etymon classical Latin peregrīnātiōn-, peregrīnātiō action of travelling or staying abroad, in post-classical Latin also place of rest or temporary residence (Vulgate), a person's earthly life (5th cent.), pilgrimage (6th cent.) < peregrīnāt- , past participial stem of peregrīnārī peregrinate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Old Occitan peregrinacion (1279; Occitan pelegrinacion), Spanish peregrinacion (mid 13th cent.), Italian peregrinazione (13th–14th cent.), also Middle Dutch peregrinatie.

1. Originally and chiefly Theology. The course of a person's life viewed originally as a temporary sojourn on earth (cf. sense 4b) and hence as a spiritual journey, esp. to heaven. Now rare. Cf. pilgrimage n. 1b.In early use frequently associated with the period during which the Israelites dwelt in tabernacles in the desert, before entering the promised land (see quot. 1585).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > [noun] > present life

worldeOE

this lifeOE

world-lifeOE

sithea1225

journey?c1225

pilgrimagec1384

weeping-dalec1400

valec1446

peregrinationc1475

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shades1816

earth life1842

macro-world1968

the world > life > source or principle of life > [noun] > course or span of life

life-dayOE

year-daysOE

timeOE

dayOE

lifeOE

life's timeOE

livelihoodOE

yearOE

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life-whilea1300

for (also to) term of (a person's) lifea1325

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livingc1390

voyage1390

agea1398

life's dayc1425

thread1447

racea1450

living daysc1450

natural life1461

lifeness1534

twist1568

leasec1595

span1599

clew1615

marcha1625

peregrination1653

clue1684

stamen1701

life term1739

innings1772

lifelong1814

pass-through1876

inning1885

natural1891

life cycle1915

puff1967

c1475 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1900) 104 308 Pray for vs, that we come by processe Vnto the right wey of saluacioun After this worldy peregrinacioun.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) Prol. 14 The schort tyme of this oure fragil peregrinatione.

1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. ix. 147 The Israelites dwelt in tents, vncertaine of their abode euer readie to shift: whereby they represent vnto vs our peregrination in this mortalitie.

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1959) V. 278 The Saints..pray that God would powre down upon us graces necessary for our peregrination here, as he hath done upon them, in their station there.

1653 R. Mason in J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis (rev. ed.) Let. to Author When first I cast up this account of your ingenious peregrination through the world.

1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. ii. xxviii. 158/2 In the Eighty third Year of his Peregrination.

1717 L. Howel Desiderius (ed. 3) 126 Modesty..is absolutely necessary to be retain'd thro' the whole Course of our Peregrination till we arrive at the Love of God.

1733 P. Shaw tr. F. Bacon De Sapientia Veterum i, in Philos. Wks. I. 573 Thro' all the Journey and Peregrination [L. in itinere sive peregrinatione] of human Life.

1762 J. Seccombe Ways Pleasure & Paths Peace 7 Which leads me to consider the great End of our Peregrination upon Earth, and how far we should have that in view in forming our Notions of Pleasure and Happiness.

1986 Hispania 69 472/2 The Biblical allegory of humankind's peregrination on this earth.

2. A pilgrimage; the activity of making pilgrimages. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > pilgrimage > [noun] > a pilgrimage

pilgrimagec1275

pelerinagec1300

peregrinage1340

station?c1430

voyagec1485

peregrinationa1500

roomerya1613

a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 177 Who-so-euer schall plese me with his pilgrimage, he must firste make confession to his preste and after in his peregrinacion punysshe his trespasses.

1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. h iiij Hathe Englond soche stacions, Of devoute peregrinacions, As are in Fraunce and Italy?

a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) IV. 54 Sir George [Throgmorton] his Father..dyed in Peregrination going to Hierusalem.

c1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 75 Workes of supererogation, meritis, pardones, perigrinationeis, and stationeis.

1651 J. Saint-Amard tr. F. Micanzio Life Father Paul sig. O5 In his age he should enjoy that which in his youth he had extreamly desired, which was a peregrination.

a1797 E. Burke Wks. (1869) VII. 277 He made a pilgrimage to Rome, with a view to expiate the crimes which paved his way to the throne; but he made a good use of this peregrination.

1870 E. Deutsch Lit. Remains (1874) 269 The bishops often and early enough resorted..to the punishment of a peregrination to Rome.

1980 J. Saward Perfect Fools iii. 44 The spirit of Irish peregrination is best captured in the..Life of St Columcille, where Abraham is taken as the type of the perfect pilgrim.

1991 T. Burckhardt in S. H. Nasr Islamic Spirituality (1997) 511 Only after this visit does he [sc. the pilgrim to Mecca]..complete his peregrination by sacrificing a ram.

a. The action or an act of travelling or going from place to place; a course of travel; a journey, esp. on foot. Also occasionally: an account of a journey (see quot. 1604).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > [noun] > in foreign lands

peregrination1548

peregrinity1851

globetrotting1874

society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun]

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wayOE

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sitheOE

gangOE

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progressionc1450

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ulendo1921

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun]

haika1529

peregrination1548

itineration1623

removement1630

peripateticism1820

itinerancy1825

itineracy1827

society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > record or account of (a) journey(s > [noun]

itinerary1483

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travels1579

voyage1587

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journal1600

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log1825

travel document1892

travelogue1898

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xix His daily peregrinacion in the desert, felles and craggy mountains of [Wales].

1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Place & Time of Prayer i. 139 b They were not stayed in any place, but were in a continuall peregrination and wandering.

a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) x. iii. f. 352^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Peregrination(e Quhen to Paris eftir his peregrinacioun he resortit.

1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. xxvii. 202 The Peregrination which I have written.

1650 J. Howell Instr. Forren Travell (new ed.) i. 1 Amongst those many advantages, which conduce to enrich the mind with variety of Knowledge,..Peregrination, or Forren Travell is none of the least.

1761 S. Johnson Life Ascham in R. Ascham Eng. Wks. p. viii The purse of Ascham was not equal to the expence of peregrination.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian i, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 26 Before they had advanced far on their peregrination.

1861 Times 4 Oct. 6/6 In his peregrination through the West and the Canadas his Imperial Highness was accompanied by his suite.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. 680 He would somehow reappear..and after incalculable eons of peregrination return an estranged avenger.

1982 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 11 July vii. 7/1 Nor in his somewhat depressed peregrination about the city did Murph ever..saunter upon anyone reading his book in a cafeteria.

2003 Pioneer Press (SE. Minnesota) (Nexis) 14 Apr. 1 b After months of preparation and peregrination across the country, everyone wants a moment to savor their afternoon.

b. In plural. Travels; ramblings; random movements.In quot. ?1549 with the implication of idleness or pleasure-seeking (cf. gadding n.¹).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > journeys

peregrinations?1549

travel1559

?1549 J. Hooper Declar. 10 Commandm. x. 167 How light so euer this vngodlie people make there gaddynges or peregrinations: they shalbe culpable and accomptable for as many faultes, as is donne by his familie throwghe his absence.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. i. 1 The nauigations and peregrinations Orientals of Nicholas.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 130. ¶4 The vicious Habits and Practises that he had been used to in the Course of his Peregrinations.

1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. i. 31 The wild fanaticism..first incited men to enter upon those long and dangerous peregrinations.

1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. ii. 155 My peregrinations about this great metropolis.

1857 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 17 Sept. in Eng. Notebks. (1997) II. vi. 382 He..recently published a book of his peregrinations.

1948 C. Rice Big Midget Murders xxii. 188 The chronology of that trio's peregrinations was still uncertain.

1968 B. Hines Kestrel for Knave 86 He looped a forefinger vaguely over the class, waiting for the correct answer to draw it, and halt its peregrinations.

2003 Washington Post (Nexis) 25 Mar. f3 In this age of terrorism, I also wonder whether the security cameras are transmitting my peregrinations to a Metro central command.

†c. The spread of a plant, etc., into a country. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > balance of nature > distribution > [noun] > introduction or spread to new areas

peregrination1670

naturalization1830

colonization1863

cosmopolitanization1889

invasion1905

1670 J. Evelyn Sylva (ed. 2) xxv. 122 Concerning the peregrination of that Tree [sc. Elm] into Spain.

†4.

a. A place of rest or temporary residence. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > [noun] > lodging-place > temporary

harbourc1300

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restinga1382

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roosting place1643

harbourage1651

séjour1769

pied-à-terre1823

hoochie1952

1610 Bible (Douay) II. Wisd. xii. 7 They might receive a peregrination [Gk. ἀποικίαν, L. peregrinationem] worthie of the children of God, which is a land of al most deare to thee.

b. The action or condition of living as a temporary resident in a foreign country; a sojourn. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > [noun]

sojourningc1290

bigginga1325

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sojour1338

abodea1400

tarrying1445

tarryc1480

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séjoura1753

1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth i. 125 If he should..be constrained..to leaue his Country, She promised..to assigne vnto him a conuenient place for his peregrination.

a1649 G. Abbott Brief Notes Psalms (1651) xc. 408 The Israelites..in that long peregrination of theirs in the wilderness.

1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. vi. 13 Ἐπιδημία ἐς ἀνθρώπους Θεοῦ, a Peregrination of a God among Men.

1697 S. Patrick Comm. Exod. (vi. 4) 93 He thinks, the Peregrination of the Fathers, is attributed here to the Children.

1783 W. Smith Ahiman Rezon Pref. p. vii Nor was the noble art lost by the Israelites, either during their peregrination in Egypt, or journeyings in the desarts of Arabia.

5. figurative. In early use: a comprehensive or systematic investigation or study; a discourse. In later use: a literary wandering or digression. Cf. perambulation n. 4. rare before late 20th cent.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > study > [noun] > systematic study

peregrination1615

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια iv. 197 Being ariued at this place in the tract of my Anatomicall Perigrination.

1960 F. A. C. Wilson Yeats's Iconography vii. 290 The poem..proceeds by way of an extensive peregrination until the clinching image of Cuchalain presents itself.

1988 Newsday (N.Y.) (Nexis) 11 Dec. (Ideas section) 18 To be sure, collections tend by their very nature to wander. But the scope of Hitchens' journalistic and literary peregrinations verges on the breathtaking.

2000 Sunday Times (Nexis) 17 Dec. (Features section) I've written this peregrination in a more convoluted..manner than usual for the benefit of you all who are..reading it for the eighth time.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	peregrination
释义	peregrinationn. Brit. /ˌpɛrᵻɡrᵻˈneɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌpɛrəɡrəˈneɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: late Middle English–1500s peregrinacion, late Middle English–1500s peregrinacioun, 1500s peregrinacion, 1500s perègrination, 1500s peregrynacioun, 1500s peregrynasyon, 1500s–1600s perigrination, 1500s– peregrination. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French peregrination; Latin peregrīnātiōn-, peregrīnātiō. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French peregrination pilgrimage (1160–74 in Old French) travel abroad (1546; also first half of the 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman as peregrinaciun in sense ‘earthly life’; French pérégrination ) and (in later use) its etymon classical Latin peregrīnātiōn-, peregrīnātiō action of travelling or staying abroad, in post-classical Latin also place of rest or temporary residence (Vulgate), a person's earthly life (5th cent.), pilgrimage (6th cent.) < peregrīnāt- , past participial stem of peregrīnārī peregrinate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Old Occitan peregrinacion (1279; Occitan pelegrinacion), Spanish peregrinacion (mid 13th cent.), Italian peregrinazione (13th–14th cent.), also Middle Dutch peregrinatie. 1. Originally and chiefly Theology. The course of a person's life viewed originally as a temporary sojourn on earth (cf. sense 4b) and hence as a spiritual journey, esp. to heaven. Now rare. Cf. pilgrimage n. 1b.In early use frequently associated with the period during which the Israelites dwelt in tabernacles in the desert, before entering the promised land (see quot. 1585). ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > [noun] > present life worldeOE this lifeOE world-lifeOE sithea1225 journey?c1225 pilgrimagec1384 weeping-dalec1400 valec1446 peregrinationc1475 scene1662 shades1816 earth life1842 macro-world1968 the world > life > source or principle of life > [noun] > course or span of life life-dayOE year-daysOE timeOE dayOE lifeOE life's timeOE livelihoodOE yearOE lifetimea1300 life-whilea1300 for (also to) term of (a person's) lifea1325 coursec1384 livingc1390 voyage1390 agea1398 life's dayc1425 thread1447 racea1450 living daysc1450 natural life1461 lifeness1534 twist1568 leasec1595 span1599 clew1615 marcha1625 peregrination1653 clue1684 stamen1701 life term1739 innings1772 lifelong1814 pass-through1876 inning1885 natural1891 life cycle1915 puff1967 c1475 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1900) 104 308 Pray for vs, that we come by processe Vnto the right wey of saluacioun After this worldy peregrinacioun. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) Prol. 14 The schort tyme of this oure fragil peregrinatione. 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. ix. 147 The Israelites dwelt in tents, vncertaine of their abode euer readie to shift: whereby they represent vnto vs our peregrination in this mortalitie. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1959) V. 278 The Saints..pray that God would powre down upon us graces necessary for our peregrination here, as he hath done upon them, in their station there. 1653 R. Mason in J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis (rev. ed.) Let. to Author When first I cast up this account of your ingenious peregrination through the world. 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. ii. xxviii. 158/2 In the Eighty third Year of his Peregrination. 1717 L. Howel Desiderius (ed. 3) 126 Modesty..is absolutely necessary to be retain'd thro' the whole Course of our Peregrination till we arrive at the Love of God. 1733 P. Shaw tr. F. Bacon De Sapientia Veterum i, in Philos. Wks. I. 573 Thro' all the Journey and Peregrination [L. in itinere sive peregrinatione] of human Life. 1762 J. Seccombe Ways Pleasure & Paths Peace 7 Which leads me to consider the great End of our Peregrination upon Earth, and how far we should have that in view in forming our Notions of Pleasure and Happiness. 1986 Hispania 69 472/2 The Biblical allegory of humankind's peregrination on this earth. 2. A pilgrimage; the activity of making pilgrimages. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > pilgrimage > [noun] > a pilgrimage pilgrimagec1275 pelerinagec1300 peregrinage1340 station?c1430 voyagec1485 peregrinationa1500 roomerya1613 a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 177 Who-so-euer schall plese me with his pilgrimage, he must firste make confession to his preste and after in his peregrinacion punysshe his trespasses. 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. h iiij Hathe Englond soche stacions, Of devoute peregrinacions, As are in Fraunce and Italy? a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) IV. 54 Sir George [Throgmorton] his Father..dyed in Peregrination going to Hierusalem. c1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 75 Workes of supererogation, meritis, pardones, perigrinationeis, and stationeis. 1651 J. Saint-Amard tr. F. Micanzio Life Father Paul sig. O5 In his age he should enjoy that which in his youth he had extreamly desired, which was a peregrination. a1797 E. Burke Wks. (1869) VII. 277 He made a pilgrimage to Rome, with a view to expiate the crimes which paved his way to the throne; but he made a good use of this peregrination. 1870 E. Deutsch Lit. Remains (1874) 269 The bishops often and early enough resorted..to the punishment of a peregrination to Rome. 1980 J. Saward Perfect Fools iii. 44 The spirit of Irish peregrination is best captured in the..Life of St Columcille, where Abraham is taken as the type of the perfect pilgrim. 1991 T. Burckhardt in S. H. Nasr Islamic Spirituality (1997) 511 Only after this visit does he [sc. the pilgrim to Mecca]..complete his peregrination by sacrificing a ram. 3. a. The action or an act of travelling or going from place to place; a course of travel; a journey, esp. on foot. Also occasionally: an account of a journey (see quot. 1604). ΘΚΠ society > travel > [noun] > in foreign lands peregrination1548 peregrinity1851 globetrotting1874 society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] forec900 wayOE farec1000 sitheOE gangOE journey?c1225 gatea1300 pilgrimagec1300 voyage1338 wending1340 raik?c1350 turna1400 repairc1425 went1430 reisea1450 progressionc1450 progressa1460 race1513 peregrination1548 travel1559 passance1580 dogtrot1856 trek1895 ulendo1921 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] haika1529 peregrination1548 itineration1623 removement1630 peripateticism1820 itinerancy1825 itineracy1827 society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > record or account of (a) journey(s > [noun] itinerary1483 peregrination1548 travels1579 voyage1587 itinerario1588 journal1600 trip1712 itinerarium1747 logbook1791 tour1812 log1825 travel document1892 travelogue1898 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xix His daily peregrinacion in the desert, felles and craggy mountains of [Wales]. 1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Place & Time of Prayer i. 139 b They were not stayed in any place, but were in a continuall peregrination and wandering. a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) x. iii. f. 352^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Peregrination(e Quhen to Paris eftir his peregrinacioun he resortit. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. xxvii. 202 The Peregrination which I have written. 1650 J. Howell Instr. Forren Travell (new ed.) i. 1 Amongst those many advantages, which conduce to enrich the mind with variety of Knowledge,..Peregrination, or Forren Travell is none of the least. 1761 S. Johnson Life Ascham in R. Ascham Eng. Wks. p. viii The purse of Ascham was not equal to the expence of peregrination. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian i, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 26 Before they had advanced far on their peregrination. 1861 Times 4 Oct. 6/6 In his peregrination through the West and the Canadas his Imperial Highness was accompanied by his suite. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. 680 He would somehow reappear..and after incalculable eons of peregrination return an estranged avenger. 1982 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 11 July vii. 7/1 Nor in his somewhat depressed peregrination about the city did Murph ever..saunter upon anyone reading his book in a cafeteria. 2003 Pioneer Press (SE. Minnesota) (Nexis) 14 Apr. 1 b After months of preparation and peregrination across the country, everyone wants a moment to savor their afternoon. b. In plural. Travels; ramblings; random movements.In quot. ?1549 with the implication of idleness or pleasure-seeking (cf. gadding n.¹). ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > journeys peregrinations?1549 travel1559 ?1549 J. Hooper Declar. 10 Commandm. x. 167 How light so euer this vngodlie people make there gaddynges or peregrinations: they shalbe culpable and accomptable for as many faultes, as is donne by his familie throwghe his absence. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. i. 1 The nauigations and peregrinations Orientals of Nicholas. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 130. ¶4 The vicious Habits and Practises that he had been used to in the Course of his Peregrinations. 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. i. 31 The wild fanaticism..first incited men to enter upon those long and dangerous peregrinations. 1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. ii. 155 My peregrinations about this great metropolis. 1857 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 17 Sept. in Eng. Notebks. (1997) II. vi. 382 He..recently published a book of his peregrinations. 1948 C. Rice Big Midget Murders xxii. 188 The chronology of that trio's peregrinations was still uncertain. 1968 B. Hines Kestrel for Knave 86 He looped a forefinger vaguely over the class, waiting for the correct answer to draw it, and halt its peregrinations. 2003 Washington Post (Nexis) 25 Mar. f3 In this age of terrorism, I also wonder whether the security cameras are transmitting my peregrinations to a Metro central command. †c. The spread of a plant, etc., into a country. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > balance of nature > distribution > [noun] > introduction or spread to new areas peregrination1670 naturalization1830 colonization1863 cosmopolitanization1889 invasion1905 1670 J. Evelyn Sylva (ed. 2) xxv. 122 Concerning the peregrination of that Tree [sc. Elm] into Spain. †4. a. A place of rest or temporary residence. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > [noun] > lodging-place > temporary harbourc1300 sojourna1375 restinga1382 resting placea1382 sojourninga1400 diversoryc1410 deversaryc1485 inn1529 roost1607 peregrination1610 roosting place1643 harbourage1651 séjour1769 pied-à-terre1823 hoochie1952 1610 Bible (Douay) II. Wisd. xii. 7 They might receive a peregrination [Gk. ἀποικίαν, L. peregrinationem] worthie of the children of God, which is a land of al most deare to thee. b. The action or condition of living as a temporary resident in a foreign country; a sojourn. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > [noun] sojourningc1290 bigginga1325 sojourna1325 sojour1338 abodea1400 tarrying1445 tarryc1480 stay1538 reside1628 peregrination1630 sojournment1676 tabernaclinga1695 séjoura1753 1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth i. 125 If he should..be constrained..to leaue his Country, She promised..to assigne vnto him a conuenient place for his peregrination. a1649 G. Abbott Brief Notes Psalms (1651) xc. 408 The Israelites..in that long peregrination of theirs in the wilderness. 1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. vi. 13 Ἐπιδημία ἐς ἀνθρώπους Θεοῦ, a Peregrination of a God among Men. 1697 S. Patrick Comm. Exod. (vi. 4) 93 He thinks, the Peregrination of the Fathers, is attributed here to the Children. 1783 W. Smith Ahiman Rezon Pref. p. vii Nor was the noble art lost by the Israelites, either during their peregrination in Egypt, or journeyings in the desarts of Arabia. 5. figurative. In early use: a comprehensive or systematic investigation or study; a discourse. In later use: a literary wandering or digression. Cf. perambulation n. 4. rare before late 20th cent. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > study > [noun] > systematic study peregrination1615 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια iv. 197 Being ariued at this place in the tract of my Anatomicall Perigrination. 1960 F. A. C. Wilson Yeats's Iconography vii. 290 The poem..proceeds by way of an extensive peregrination until the clinching image of Cuchalain presents itself. 1988 Newsday (N.Y.) (Nexis) 11 Dec. (Ideas section) 18 To be sure, collections tend by their very nature to wander. But the scope of Hitchens' journalistic and literary peregrinations verges on the breathtaking. 2000 Sunday Times (Nexis) 17 Dec. (Features section) I've written this peregrination in a more convoluted..manner than usual for the benefit of you all who are..reading it for the eighth time. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1475
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