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Perambulation vs Peregrination - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between perambulation and peregrination

is that perambulation is a survey, a tour; a walking around while peregrination is a travel or journey, especially by foot, notably by a pilgrim.

perambulation

Noun

(s)
  • (rare) A survey, a tour; a walking around.
  • (legal) An English legal ceremony in which an official from a town or parish walks around it to delineate and record its boundaries.
  • Quotations

    *1902 : Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society , published by the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society *:Another forest not named in the perambulation is that of . *1929 : Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society , published by the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society *:The earliest known reference to the stone is that in the perambulation of the parish of recorded in the Cartulary of Christchurch Priory .

    Synonyms

    * (English legal ceremony ) bannering

    References

    *Radin Law Dictionary , Max Radin; Oceana Publications, 1970.

    peregrination

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A travel or journey, especially by foot, notably by a pilgrim.
  • Synonyms

    * pilgrimage

    References

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