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nounone of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620
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nounsomeone who journeys in foreign lands
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nounsomeone who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious devotiontype of:
Definition that contains pilgrim
- holy a sacred place of pilgrimage
- thanksgiving fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag
- palestine an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism
- hajji an Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca
- fuji an extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the highest peak in Japan; last erupted in 1707; famous for its symmetrical snow-capped peak; a sacred mountain and site for pilgrimages
- haji an Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca
- templar a knight of a religious military order established in 1118 to protect pilgrims and the Holy Sepulcher
- canaan an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism
- mayflower the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1620
- plymouth a town in Massachusetts founded by Pilgrims in 1620