pilgrim (n.) c. 1200, pilegrim, "a person traveling to a holy place (as a penance or to discharge some vow or religious obligation, or seeking some miracle or spiritual benefit)," also "a traveler" generally, "a wayfarer," from Old French pelerin, peregrin"pilgrim, crusader; foreigner, stranger" (11c., Modern French pèlerin), from Late Latin pelegrinus, a dissimilation of Latin …


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peregrinus noun. traveller, traveler, wanderer. Advertisement.

See definitions of pilgrim. (historical) A silk screen formerly attached to the back of a woman's bonnet to protect th…

One who travels, especially on a journey to visit sites of religious significance.quotations ▼ 1.1. peregrinans noun. Typically, this is a physical journey (often on foot) to some place of special significance to the adherent of a particular religious belief system.

In the spiritual literature of Christianity, the concept of pilgrim and pilgrimage may refer to the experience of life in the world (considered as a period of exile) or to the inner path of the spiritual aspirant from a state of wretchedness to a state of beatitude. as a surname), from Anglo-French palmer (Old French palmier), from Medieval Latin palmarius, from Latin palma "palm tree" (see palm (n.2)).

"pilgrim; itinerant monk going from shrine to shrine under a perpetual vow of poverty;" originally "pilgrim who has returned from the Holy Land," c. 1300, palmere (mid-12c. peregrine, stranger, alien, foreigner, crusader. A pilgrim (from the Latin peregrinus) is a traveler (literally one who has come from afar) who is on a journey to a holy place. pilegrim m ( definite singular pilegrimen, indefinite plural pilegrimar, definite plural pilegrimane ) a pilgrim. pilgrim (plural pilgrims) 1. 13 1.1.1. strangers and pilgrimson the earth 2.
3. Bible, Hebrews xi. peregrinator noun. (slang) A newcomer. So called because they wore palm branches in commemoration of the journey.