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  • noun Plural form of pilgrim.

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Examples

  • Since the term pilgrims was not in use at the time, members referred to their celebration as "Old Colony Day," later "Forefathers 'Day."

    Bruce Feiler: Thanksgiving Code: Five Hidden Symbols Of America's Holiday 2009

  • The sanctity of the place, hallowed by hoary tradition, and the magnificence of the temple and its services, made it an object of veneration throughout the land, and pilgrims from the furthest corners of Anahuac came to offer up their devotions at the shrine of Quetzalcoatl.

    Cholula: traveling the Central High Plains of Mexico 2006

  • The sanctity of the place, hallowed by hoary tradition, and the magnificence of the temple and its services, made it an object of veneration throughout the land, and pilgrims from the furthest corners of Anahuac came to offer up their devotions at the shrine of Quetzalcoatl.

    Cholula: traveling the Central High Plains of Mexico 2006

  • The sanctity of the place, hallowed by hoary tradition, and the magnificence of the temple and its services, made it an object of veneration throughout the land, and pilgrims from the furthest corners of Anahuac came to offer up their devotions at the shrine of Quetzalcoatl.

    Cholula: traveling the Central High Plains of Mexico 2006

  • Before he became a national celebrity for telling us "What Went Wrong," Lewis delved as enthusiastically into such topics as the relative merits of donkeys and camels for medieval pilgrims, derivations of the Persian word for eggplant, and property law in the tenth-century Muslim provinces.

    Islam’s Interpreter 2004

  • Before he became a national celebrity for telling us "What Went Wrong," Lewis delved as enthusiastically into such topics as the relative merits of donkeys and camels for medieval pilgrims, derivations of the Persian word for eggplant, and property law in the tenth-century Muslim provinces.

    Islam’s Interpreter 2004

  • With all the famous lamas and pilgrims from the far interior, even from

    With the Tibetans in Tent and Temple: Narrative of Four Years' Residence on the Tibetan Borders, and of a Journey into the Far Interior 1901

  • The warning, reported by Iranian news agencies, came after Iran's government confirmed reports that 11 Iranian citizens, whom it described as pilgrims, had been kidnapped last week while visiting Syria, Iran's strategic ally.

    NYT > Home Page By RICK GLADSTONE 2012

  • The warning, reported by Iranian news agencies, came after Iran's government confirmed reports that 11 Iranian citizens, whom it described as pilgrims, had been kidnapped last week while visiting Syria, where the armed forces of President @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines.

    NYT > Home Page By RICK GLADSTONE 2012

  • Those first adventurers we call pilgrims and the sixteenth President of the United States, though separated by time and circumstance, shared a common bond.

    The Christian Post RSS Feed 2009

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