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pilgrim

[ pil-grim, -gruhm ]

noun

  1. a person who journeys, especially a long distance, to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion:

    pilgrims to the Holy Land.

  2. a traveler or wanderer, especially in a foreign place.
  3. an original settler in a region.
  4. (initial capital letter) one of the band of Puritans who founded the colony of Plymouth, Mass., in 1620.
  5. a newcomer to a region or place, especially to the western U.S.


pilgrim

1

/ ˈ±èɪ±ôÉ¡°ùɪ³¾ /

noun

  1. a person who undertakes a journey to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion
  2. any wayfarer
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Pilgrim

2

/ ˈ±èɪ±ôÉ¡°ùɪ³¾ /

noun

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pilgrim1

First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English pelegrim, pilegrim, cognate with Old Frisian ±è¾±±ô±ð²µ°ùÄ«³¾, Middle Low German ±è±ð±ô±ð²µ°ùÄ«³¾, Old High German ±è¾±±ô¾±²µ°ùÄ«³¾, Old Norse ±èÄ«±ô²¹²µ°ùÄ«³¾°ù, all from Medieval Latin ±è±ð±ô±ð²µ°ùÄ«²Ô³Ü²õ, dissimilated variant of Latin ±è±ð°ù±ð²µ°ùÄ«²Ô³Ü²õ peregrine
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pilgrim1

C12: from Provençal pelegrin, from Latin ±è±ð°ù±ð²µ°ùÄ«²Ô³Ü²õ foreign, from per through + ager field, land; see peregrine
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Simone Collins is sitting in her 18th century cottage in Pennsylvania, dressed in a black pilgrim pinafore with a wide collar, bouncing one of her four children on her lap.

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This year, 2025, is a Catholic Holy Year, with 32 million pilgrims expected to travel to Rome.

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The crowd, a mixture of priests and nuns based in Rome and Catholic pilgrims here for a Jubilee year, were led by an American cardinal.

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But like generations of pilgrims, dropouts, and merry pranksters before him, what he discovered on that journey was his mission.

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As Francis enters his 14th day in hospital, pilgrims to Rome are already experiencing life without him.

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