A traveler that is taken seriously. A Pilgrim Father was one who, leaving Europe in 1620 because not permitted to sing psalms through his nose, followed it to Massachusetts, where he could personate God according to the dictates of his conscience.
A wayfarer; a wanderer; a traveler; a stranger.
One who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee; as, a pilgrim to Loretto; Canterbury pilgrims. See Palmer.
To journey; to wander; to ramble.
This is not a name that the English people at Plymouth called themselves, but one that became popular many years later, in the 1800s. Historians at Plimoth Plantation call these people English colonists, a more precise term.
Someone on a journey with a religious or moral purpose. Although today the English colonists are often credited with settling Plymouth for religious reasons, many of them came more for the economic benefits than religious freedom.
Remember, only in the USA do we have pilgrims with a capital "P" referring specifically to the Puritans from Scrooby who arrived in Plymouth in 1620. Everywhere else, it is a general term for someone who travels to a holy site, usually in a foreign land. Pilgrim and Puritan are not in any way synonyms, but it may seem that way if you were schooled in the USA.
a person who travels to a shrine or holy place, usually to make offerings and/or to request blessings and favors.
a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious purposes.
someone who journeys in foreign lands
one of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620
some one who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion
a religious person who travels to a sacred place or a person who embarks on a quest for some end conceived as sacred
a wanderer with a purpose
Simple, austere, utilitarian furniture used by America's Pilgrim colonists.
One who makes a journey to a religious shrine or a spiritual journey from sin and suffering in this life to eternal life with Christ in heaven. See Ps. 42:4; Heb. 11:13; 1 Pet. 2:11.
a person who travels to a holy place for religious reasons
A pilgrim is one who sets off on a spiritual journey in search of truth and meaning. This may be a physical journey to a holy place or shrine or it can be a metaphorical journey through life as illustrated in John Bunyan's classic ‘Pilgrim's Progress'. (Aidann: link to Amazon).
To dream of pilgrims, denotes that you will go on an extended journey, leaving home and its dearest objects in the mistaken idea that it must be thus for their good. To dream that you are a pilgrim, portends struggles with poverty and unsympathetic companions. For a young woman to dream that a pilgrim approaches her, she will fall an easy dupe to deceit. If he leaves her, she will awaken to her weakness of character and strive to strengthen independent thought.
Person who makes a trip for religious reasons
A pilgrim is one who undertakes a religious pilgrimage, literally 'far afield'. This is traditionally a visit to a place of some religious significance; often a considerable distance is traveled. Examples include a Muslim visiting Mecca, or a Christian or Jew visiting Jerusalem.