Editing Pilgrimage (section)

{{short description|Journey or search of moral or spiritual significance}}
{{other uses|Pilgrimage (disambiguation)|Pilgrim (disambiguation)}}
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[[File:Gheorghe Tattarescu - Pelerin.jpg|thumb|upright|''Pilgrim'' by [[Gheorghe Tattarescu]]]]
A '''pilgrimage''' is a journey to a holy place, which can lead to a personal transformation, after which the pilgrim returns to their daily life.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Pilgrimage in popular culture.|date=2014|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-1349126392|editor-last=Reader|editor-first=Ian|location=[Place of publication not identified]|oclc=935188979|editor-last2=Walter|editor-first2=Tony}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Reframing pilgrimage : cultures in motion|date=2004|publisher=Routledge|last=Coleman|first=Simon|last2=Eade|first2=John|others=European Association of Social Anthropologists|isbn=9780203643693|location=London|oclc=56559960}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Plate|first=S. Brent|date=September 2009|title=The Varieties of Contemporary Pilgrimage|journal=CrossCurrents|volume=59|issue=3|pages=260–267|doi=10.1111/j.1939-3881.2009.00078.x|s2cid=170484577 }}</ref> A '''pilgrim''' (from the [[Latin]] ''peregrinus'') is a traveler (literally one who has come from afar) who is on a journey to a holy place. Typically, this is a physical journey (often on foot) to some place of special significance to the adherent of a particular religious belief system.