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.
Recent Examples on the Web
The street had once hummed with pilgrims and schoolchildren.
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Hannah Beech Adam Ferguson, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
This place, this idea, demands of its adherents what religion does any pilgrim — devotion, sacrifice, faith that all will be worth it in the end — and supplies in turn the same benefits — ritual, community, comfort.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
The passengers were pilgrims traveling from Gaborone — the capital city of neighboring Botswana — to a church for an Easter conference, according to the SABC.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
His body was found a year after his death, which led to a cult-like group of followers who erected an abbey in his honor to house pilgrims coming to see his resting place, the study said.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2024
Flowering frangipani stand over an Islamic cemetery near its piers, centered around a centuries-old shrine to an Arab pilgrim.
—Maahil Mohamed Elke Scholiers, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
One year after the deadly brawl, a masked murderer, dressed up as a 17th century pilgrim, stalks the people involved, and brutally murders them one by one.
—Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024
Here’s why immigrants, seekers and pilgrims have been drawn for centuries to the treacherous shores of the remote island near Puerto Rico.
—Brett Martin, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2024
During pilgrimages across Europe hundreds of years ago, medieval Christians were known to carry decorative pendants, or pilgrim’s badges, to signify their progress and protect them from danger.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
Hannah Beech Adam Ferguson, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
This place, this idea, demands of its adherents what religion does any pilgrim — devotion, sacrifice, faith that all will be worth it in the end — and supplies in turn the same benefits — ritual, community, comfort.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
The passengers were pilgrims traveling from Gaborone — the capital city of neighboring Botswana — to a church for an Easter conference, according to the SABC.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
His body was found a year after his death, which led to a cult-like group of followers who erected an abbey in his honor to house pilgrims coming to see his resting place, the study said.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2024
Flowering frangipani stand over an Islamic cemetery near its piers, centered around a centuries-old shrine to an Arab pilgrim.
—Maahil Mohamed Elke Scholiers, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
One year after the deadly brawl, a masked murderer, dressed up as a 17th century pilgrim, stalks the people involved, and brutally murders them one by one.
—Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024
Here’s why immigrants, seekers and pilgrims have been drawn for centuries to the treacherous shores of the remote island near Puerto Rico.
—Brett Martin, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2024
During pilgrimages across Europe hundreds of years ago, medieval Christians were known to carry decorative pendants, or pilgrim’s badges, to signify their progress and protect them from danger.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
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“Pilgrim.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pilgrim. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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