Pil|grim

Pil|grim
pil|grim «PIHL gruhm», noun.
1. a person who goes on a journey to a sacred or holy place, especially a distant shrine, as an act of religious devotion. In the Middle Ages, many people used to go as pilgrims to Jerusalem and to holy places in Europe. »

Pilgrimes were they alle That toward Canterbury wolden ryde (Chaucer). Figurative. Pilgrims from the fifty states going through the tribal ritual of posing for snapshots on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial (Ian Sclanders).

2. a person on a journey; traveler; wanderer: »

Like pilgrims to th' appointed place we tend; The world's an inn and death the journey's end (John Dryden).

 SYNONYM(S): wayfarer, sojourner.
╂[< unrecorded Anglo-French pelegrin, Old French pelerin < Medieval Latin peregrinus pilgrim < Latin peregrīnus foreigner. See etym. of doublets peregrine (Cf. ↑peregrine), pelerine. (Cf. ↑pelerine)]
Pil|grim «PIHL gruhm», noun.
any one of the Pilgrim Fathers, or early settlers of New England.

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  • pil|grim — «PIHL gruhm», noun. 1. a person who goes on a journey to a sacred or holy place, especially a distant shrine, as an act of religious devotion. In the Middle Ages, many people used to go as pilgrims to Jerusalem and to holy places in Europe.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • pil|grim|age — «PIHL gruh mihj», noun, verb, aged, ag|ing. –n. 1. a pilgrim s journey; journey to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion: »Give me my scallopshell…My staff of faith…My scrip of joy…and thus I ll take my pilgrimage (Sir Walter Raleigh) …   Useful english dictionary

  • pil·grim — /ˈpılgrəm/ noun, pl grims [count] 1 : someone who travels to a holy place Thousands of Muslim pilgrims traveled to Mecca. 2 Pilgrim : one of the people who traveled by boat from England and created the first permanent settlement in New England at …   Useful english dictionary

  • pil·grim·age — …   Useful english dictionary

  • grim — grim·ful; grim·i·ly; grim·i·ness; grim·ly; grim·mia; grim·mi·a·ce·ae; grim·mi·a·les; grim·mish; grim·ness; grim; grim·thorpe; pil·grim·er; pil·grim·ess; pil·grim·ize; me·grim; pil·grim; pil·grim·age; grim·mi·a·ceous; …   English syllables

  • pil — pil·fer; pil·grim; pil·grim·age; pil·lage; pil·lar; pil·lion; pil·lory; pil·low; pu·pil; pu·pil·ar; pu·pil·lary; pil·as·trad·ed; pil·pul·is·tic; pil·sen·er; pu·pil·ate; pu·pil·lage; pu·pil·lize; pu·pil·lom·e·try; so·pa·pil·la; …   English syllables

  • pilgrim — pil·grim …   English syllables

  • pilgrimer — pil·grim·er …   English syllables

  • pilgrim — pil|grim [ˈpılgrım] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: peligrin, from Latin peregrinus foreigner ] a religious person who travels a long way to a holy place ▪ pilgrims visiting a holy shrine …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • pilgrimage — pil|grim|age [ˈpılgrımıdʒ] n [U and C] 1.) a journey to a holy place for religious reasons make a pilgrimage/go on (a) pilgrimage ▪ the chance to go on pilgrimage to Mecca 2.) a journey to a place connected with someone or something famous ▪… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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