Pilgrimage as a universal practico The English words pilgrim' and pilgrimage are derived from Latin via French, while their initial meanings have clearly Christian undertones H(see The Origins of the Terms Pilgrim and Pilgrimage). There are those who therefore think that the terms should really be limited to Christianity However, the types of phenomena referred to such as people travelling to and returning home from places deemed to be sacred and engaging in acts of worship and faith found widely, if not associated with those places and the routes to universally, across cultures and religious traditions Indeed, they also(especially, in the modern day in contexts that are not specifically or related to particular religious traditions, to the extent that it is reasonable to view the pilgrimage and pilgrims' as more or less universal