詣もうでる

ichidan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb

make a pilgrimage; visit a shrine/temple

Literary or somewhat formal verb for visiting a shrine or temple with a sense of reverence. Often used in the phrase 初詣で (はつもうで), the first shrine visit of the new year.

• 正しょう月がつに家か族ぞくで神じん社じゃに詣もうでる。

  We visit a shrine as a family at New Year's.

• 古ふるくから人ひと々びとはこの寺てらに詣もうでてきた。

  People have been making pilgrimages to this temple since ancient times.