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# pilgrim

«pilgrim» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person who travels to a holy place for religious reasons** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a pilgrim, pilgrims)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person who travels to a holy place for religious reasons. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pilgrim/#m2)

3) Anyone on a long journey with a purpose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pilgrim/#m3)

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

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [The first lasting English colony was Jamestown in 1607, the Pilgrims came on the Mayflower in 1620, and the Spanish town of St.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/38-the-united-states-a-short-story/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pilgrim» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pilgrim/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.