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pilgrim

pil gruhm

  • n  someone who journeys in foreign lands
  • n  one of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620
  • n  someone who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion

  • The Roads Now Taken Europeans still go on quests, treks and pilgrimages to test their limits and nourish their souls: Beating the Morning Rush Stretching physical limits on the .
  • Sometimes a pilgrim's destination can be more symbol than historical fact.
  • Let's face it, "pilgrim" is an eccentric title these days.
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  • President Bush in International Herald Tribune
    I came as a pilgrim,Bush replied, according to Shakur.
  • Manouchehr Mottaki in Times Online
    We have found documents that prove US interference of the Iranian pilgrim Shahram Amiri in Saudi Arabia,Mr Mottaki said. "We hold Saudi Arabia responsible and consider the US to be involved in his arrest."
  • Narendra Modi in Press Trust of India
    The Gujarat government is working on 11 new airports which would come up at pilgrim places like Palitana (Bhavnagar), Dwarka (Jamnagar) and Ambaji (Banaskantha),Modi said after inaugurating the new terminal at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel...

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