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pilgrim |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pilgrim \Pil"grim\, v. i. To journey; to wander; to ramble. [R.] --Grew. Carlyle. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pilgrim n 1: journeys in foreign lands [syn: {palmer}] 2: one who journeys to a sacred place From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: PILGRIM, n. A traveler that is taken seriously. A Pilgrim Father was one who leaving Europe in 1620 because not permitted to sing psalms through his nose, followed it to Massachusetts, where he could personate God according to the dictates of his conscience.
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