Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Pilgrimage

Pilgrimage , noun

[Old English pilgrimage, pelgrinage; compare French pèlerinage.]

1.
The journey of a pilgrim; a long journey; especially, a journey to a shrine or other sacred place. Figuratively, the journey of human life. — Shakespeare
The days of the years of my pilgrimage. — Gen. xlvii. 9
2.
A tedious and wearisome time.
In prison hast thou spent a pilgrimage. — Shakespeare