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
So did the Jizo stone figures, heralded for watching over children and travelers and memorializing pilgrims who died walking the Kumano.
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Norma Meyer, Orange County Register, 15 May 2024
Over the past two centuries, the Croisette has morphed from a dirt path used by pilgrims to attracting tourists to also becoming a Cannes Film Festival fixture and place to party.
—Lisa De Los Reyes, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
Some pilgrims also brought Ukrainian flags in a show of support following Russia's invasion in February 2022, which has killed tens of thousands and driven millions from their homes.
—Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira, USA TODAY, 13 May 2024
Advertisement Various scenarios for the odd cemetery have been proposed, including one hypothesis that the bones belong to a group of passing pilgrims killed by giant hailstones during a storm in the ninth century.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2024
Whatever Beijing’s efforts, many pilgrims spoke of Mazu as a distinctly Taiwanese goddess, who happened to have been born on the other side of the strait.
—Amy Chang Chien Lam Yik Fei, New York Times, 3 May 2024
The street had once hummed with pilgrims and schoolchildren.
—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
Norma Meyer, Orange County Register, 15 May 2024
Over the past two centuries, the Croisette has morphed from a dirt path used by pilgrims to attracting tourists to also becoming a Cannes Film Festival fixture and place to party.
—Lisa De Los Reyes, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
Some pilgrims also brought Ukrainian flags in a show of support following Russia's invasion in February 2022, which has killed tens of thousands and driven millions from their homes.
—Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira, USA TODAY, 13 May 2024
Advertisement Various scenarios for the odd cemetery have been proposed, including one hypothesis that the bones belong to a group of passing pilgrims killed by giant hailstones during a storm in the ninth century.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2024
Whatever Beijing’s efforts, many pilgrims spoke of Mazu as a distinctly Taiwanese goddess, who happened to have been born on the other side of the strait.
—Amy Chang Chien Lam Yik Fei, New York Times, 3 May 2024
The street had once hummed with pilgrims and schoolchildren.
—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
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“Pilgrim.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pilgrim. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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