romaría

See also: romaria

Galician

FWOTD – 8 January 2018

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese romaria (13th century, Cantigas de Santa María): Roma (“Rome”) +‎ -aría. Compare Portuguese romaria and Spanish romería.

The Galician Romaría, Joaquin Sorolla

Romaría at the Catholic sanctuary of Virxe da Barca, Muxía

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /romaˈɾia̝/

Noun

romaría f (plural romarías)

1. (Roman Catholicism) pilgrimage
   • 1292, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), Vida e Fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, p. 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

2. 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 [festive] reunions [for working the flax], I'll take you to the street markets, and also to the [church] fair; wherever you, my dove, would want to go and have fun

3. (figurative) crowd

References

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• 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
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• “romaría” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.