pilgrim

/'pilgrim/

Thân thiện

A pilgrim walks along a stone path toward a distant temple.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons: A pilgrim is someone who travels to a holy site as an expression of faith and devotion.
   • One of the English settlers who founded Plymouth Colony in 1620: Specifically, a Pilgrim (often capitalized) refers to a member of the group that traveled on the Mayflower and established the Plymouth Colony in what is now Massachusetts.
   • A traveler or wanderer, especially in a foreign land: In a broader, often literary sense, a pilgrim can be any person who travels or journeys, particularly over a long distance.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • Every year, millions of pilgrims visit Mecca.
  • The Pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the Wampanoag people.
  • He was a pilgrim in a strange land, seeking new experiences.

Advanced Usage

• "Pilgrim soul": A poetic phrase referring to a person who is on a lifelong spiritual or intellectual journey, often seeking meaning or truth.

  • The poet wrote of his love for her pilgrim soul.

• "Pilgrim's progress": A reference to the famous allegorical book by John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress, which describes a spiritual journey. It is used metaphorically to describe any difficult journey toward a goal.

  • His recovery from illness was a real pilgrim's progress.

Variants and Related Words

• Pilgrimage (n): The journey undertaken by a pilgrim, or any long journey, especially one undertaken for a moral or spiritual purpose.
  • They went on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

Synonyms

• Devotee: A person who is very interested in and enthusiastic about someone or something; can imply religious dedication.
• Wayfarer: A person who travels on foot, a traveler (literary).
• Settler: A person who settles in an area, establishing a new community (specific to the historical meaning).

Related Phrases

• Pilgrim Father: Another term for the English settlers who arrived on the .
  • The Pilgrim Fathers faced a harsh first winter.

Related Idioms

• To be a pilgrim on the path of...: To be someone who is earnestly seeking knowledge, enlightenment, or a goal in a particular field.
  • She was a pilgrim on the path of scientific discovery.

Học thuật

Noun

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

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• Pilgrim
• Pilgrim Father