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Definition of pilgrims

Pilgrim
Pilgrim Pil"grim, a. Of or pertaining to a pilgrim, or pilgrims; making pilgrimages. ``With pilgrim steps.' --Milton. Pilgrim fathers, a name popularly given to the one hundred and two English colonists who landed from the Mayflower and made the first settlement in New England at Plymouth in 1620. They were separatists from the Church of England, and most of them had sojourned in Holland.
Pilgrim
Pilgrim Pil"grim, v. i. To journey; to wander; to ramble. [R.] --Grew. Carlyle.
Pilgrim
Pilgrim Pil"grim, n. [OE. pilgrim, pelgrim, pilegrim, pelegrim; cf. D. pelgrim, OHG. piligr[=i]m, G. pilger, F. p[`e]lerin, It. pellegrino; all fr. L. peregrinus a foreigner, fr. pereger abroad; per through + ager land, field. See Per-, and Acre, and cf. Pelerine, Peregrine.] 1. A wayfarer; a wanderer; a traveler; a stranger. Strangers and pilgrims on the earth. --Heb. xi. 13. 2. One who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee; as, a pilgrim to Loretto; Canterbury pilgrims. See Palmer. --P. Plowman.

Meaning of pilgrims from wikipedia

- religions). While many pilgrims travel toward a specific location, a physical destination is not always a necessity. One group of pilgrims in early Celtic Christianity...
- Plymouth in 1620, sharing the name of the Pilgrims' final departure port of Plymouth, Devon). The Pilgrims' leadership came from the religious congregations...
- 045 total pilgrims, including about 184,000 Saudis. The following number of pilgrims arrived in Saudi Arabia each year to perform Hajj: Pilgrim in supplication...
- "To Be a Pilgrim" (also known as "He Who Would Valiant Be") is an English Christian hymn using words of John Bunyan in The Pilgrim's Progress. It first...
- The Pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer are the main characters in the framing narrative of the book. In addition, they can be considered...
- lengthy prologue in which the pilgrims arrive at Canterbury and their activities there are described. While the rest of the pilgrims dis**** throughout the...
- kills as the pilgrims leave the Valley of the Shadow of Death. He holds a grudge against Greatheart for doing his duty of saving pilgrims from ****ation...
- The Pilgrims' Way (also Pilgrim's Way or Pilgrims Way) is the historical route supposedly taken by pilgrims from Winchester in Hampshire, England, to...
- followed this pilgrimage. Monument to pilgrims in Burgos A pilgrims hostel in Mansilla de las Mulas A pilgrim on the barren and impressive meseta, which...
- about Paulo Coelho Pilgrim (film), a 2000 film starring Ray Liotta Pilgrims (film), a 2021 crime film by Laurynas Bareisa Pilgrims, a fictional ethnic...