peregrination

noun6

1. •
   A journey or trip, especially by foot; also (uncountable) journeying, travelling.

   • [T]hey had made what might be received as one or two tolerable jests on the subject before they had advanced far on their peregrination. — 1818
2. •
   (figurative) Straying from the main subject in speech or writing; digression; (countable) an instance of this.
3. •
   (figurative) Broad or systematic discussion of a subject; (countable) an instance of this; a discourse.
4. •
   (no longer used) A journey made by a pilgrim; a pilgrimage; also (uncountable) the making of pilgrimages.
5. •
   (no longer used) A person's life regarded as a temporary stay on earth and a journey to the afterlife.
6. •
   (no longer used) The state of living abroad temporarily; sojourning; (countable) an act of doing this; a sojourn.