The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word NAZARETH
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result NAZARETH
- Tarzan! He rebuilt place of pilgrimage
- ‘He, Tarzan’ out in town in Galilee
- He, Tarzan, shot in Israeli town
- Other than Ezra, in this biblical location
- Tarzan, he is out of place in Middle East town
- Israeli city maps are needed in North
- Tarzan, he is out of place in pilgrimage centre
- Tarzan? He is out of place in old town
- King Cole and Franklin endlessly going round unknown Biblical town
- Hen and rat running wild round extreme characters in pilgrimage centre
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The straight part
We know that "place of pilgrimage" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case place of pilgrimage = nazareth.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.