pil·grim

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 Plymouth in 1620

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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 — «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·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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