romaría
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A romaría near Santiago (1860), by Dionisio Fierros 
Romaría at the Catholic sanctuary of Virxe da Barca, Muxía
See also: romaria
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese romaria (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): Roma (“Rome”) + -aría. Compare Portuguese romaria and Spanish romería.
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Pronunciation
Noun
romaría f (plural romarías)
- (Roman Catholicism) pilgrimage
- 1292, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, Vida e Fala dos devanceiros, Vigo: Galaxia, page 49:
- Mando que den do meu a Pero Pérez, meu fillo, por quanto uay a Santiago por min en romaría
- I order that they give of what is mine to Pero Pérez, my son, because he is going in pilgrimage to Santiago in my name
- an outdoor festival and fair; kirmess
- 1858, Antonio María de la Iglesia, Poesías:
- Heite de levar ás fías / Heite de levar ás feiras / E tamén ás romarías, / Onde ti, meu rulo, queiras / Ruar e tere bos días.
- I'll take you to the reunions , I'll take you to the street markets, and also to the fairs; wherever you, my dove, would want to go and have fun
- (figurative) crowd
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “romaria”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “romaría”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “romaria”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “romaría”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “romaría”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “romaría”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- “romaría”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024