Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peregrination

/ˌpɛɹəɡɹəˈneɪʃ(ə)n/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables
pe-re-gri-nat-ion
IPA
/ˌpɛɹəɡɹəˈneɪʃ(ə)n/
16
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person's life regarded as a temporary stay on earth and a journey to the afterlife.

Archaic; Countable

noun

A journey made by a pilgrim; a pilgrimage; also (uncountable) the making of pilgrimages.

Archaic; Countable

noun

Broad or systematic discussion of a subject; (countable) an instance of this; a discourse.

Uncountable

noun

Straying from the main subject in speech or writing; digression; (countable) an instance of this.

Uncountable

noun

The state of living abroad temporarily; sojourning; (countable) an act of doing this; a sojourn.

Obsolete; Uncountable

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Etymology

From Late Middle English peregrinacioun, peregrinacion (“journey; pilgrimage; (figuratively) human journey through life”), from Anglo-Norman peregrinaciun (“human journey through life”), peregrination (“pilgrimage; overseas travel”), and Old French peregrinacion, peregrination (“pilgrimage; overseas travel”) (modern French pérégrination), and from their etymon Latin peregrīnātiō (“overseas sojourn or travel; (Late Latin) pilgrimage; sojourn; human journey through life”), from peregrīnātus (“living or travelling overseas”) + -iō (suffix forming abstract nouns). Peregrīnātus is the perfect passive participle of peregrīnor (“to live or travel overseas; to be overseas; to roam, rove; to be a stranger”), from peregrīnus (“alien, foreign; exotic”) (from peregrē̆ (“abroad; from abroad; heading abroad”) + -īnus (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘of or pertaining to’)) + -or (suffix forming first-person singular present passive indicative verbs).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: peregrinacioun, peregrinaciun, peregrinacion, peregrīnātiō

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌpɛɹəɡɹəˈneɪʃ(ə)n/
  • British English: /ˌpɛɹɪɡɹɪˈneɪʃn̩/

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How do you pronounce peregrination?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpɛɹəɡɹəˈneɪʃ(ə)n/.
What does peregrination mean?
A person's life regarded as a temporary stay on earth and a journey to the afterlife.
Where does peregrination come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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