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# pilgrim

noun (a pilgrim, pilgrims)

«pilgrim» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A person who travels to a holy place for religious reasons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pilgrim/#m1)
2. (history, US) The Pilgrims (Pilgrim Fathers) were English settlers who sailed to America on the Mayflower in 1620. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pilgrim/#m2)
3. Anyone on a long journey with a purpose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pilgrim/#m3)

### In the lessons

In religion lessons: pilgrims go to Jerusalem, Mecca (Hajj), Lourdes, Santiago de Compostela, Canterbury. In history: Chaucer's Canterbury Tales tell of pilgrims; Thanksgiving in the US remembers the Pilgrims. Phrases: pilgrim route, «The Pilgrim's Progress» (a famous Christian story by Bunyan).

### Examples

- Pilgrims walked to Canterbury Cathedral. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pilgrim/#x1)
- Muslim pilgrims travel to Mecca for Hajj. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pilgrim/#x2)
- The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pilgrim/#x3)
- A pilgrim carried a staff and a shell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pilgrim/#x4)
- Christians believe pilgrimage brings them closer to God. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pilgrim/#x5)
- The pilgrims sang as they walked. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pilgrim/#x6)
- The pilgrim was only too glad to do as he was told. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pilgrim/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Related: pilgrimage (the journey). «The Pilgrims» (US history) with capital P.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pilgrim» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pilgrim/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pilgrim» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pilgrim.html) on Mova free.