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- Dictionarypilgrim/ˈpɪlɡrɪm/
noun
- 1. a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons.
- 2. a member of the Pilgrim Fathers.
verb
- 1. travel or wander like a pilgrim: archaic "he pilgrimed to his old sporting places"
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PILGRIM definition: 1. a person who makes a journey, often a long and difficult one, to a special place for religious…. Learn more.
1. : one who journeys in foreign lands : wayfarer. 2. : one who travels to a shrine or holy place as a devotee. 3. capitalized : one of the English colonists settling at Plymouth in 1620. Examples of pilgrim in a Sentence. Thousands of Muslim pilgrims traveled to Mecca.
When you make a reverent journey to a place you consider sacred, you're a pilgrim. You can also use the word less seriously and call yourself a pilgrim when you make the trip to Graceland for Elvis Week.
A pilgrim (from the Latin peregrinus) is a traveler (literally one who has come from afar) who is on a journey to a holy place. Typically, this is a physical journey (often on foot) to some place of special significance to the adherent of a particular religious belief system.
Originally and chiefly in religious contexts: a person travelling through life, esp. one who undertakes a course of spiritual development leading towards heaven, a state of blessedness, etc.; a person who experiences life as a sojourn, exile, or period of estrangement from such a state. Cf. pilgrimage n. 3.
a person who travels about; wanderer. 2. a person who travels to a shrine or holy place as a religious act.
Pilgrim definition: a person who journeys, especially a long distance, to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion. See examples of PILGRIM used in a sentence.
Definition of pilgrim noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
pil•grim. (ˈpɪl grɪm, -grəm) n. 1. a person who journeys, esp. a long distance, to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion. 2. a traveler or wanderer, esp. in a foreign place. 3. ( cap.) one of the band of Puritans who founded the colony of Plymouth, Mass., in 1620.
PILGRIM meaning: someone who travels to a place that is important in their religion. Learn more.