(n.) A wayfarer; a wanderer; a traveler; a stranger.
(n.) 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.
(a.) Of or pertaining to a pilgrim, or pilgrims; making pilgrimages.
(v. i.) To journey; to wander; to ramble.
Example Sentences:
(1) They had watched him celebrate mass with three million pilgrims on the packed-out shores of Copacabana beach .
(2) This approximately 40-Myr-old specimen is the first fossil primate found in Burma since the fragmentary remains of the controversial earliest anthropoids Pondaungia cotteri Pilgrim and Amphipithecus mogaungensis Colbert were recovered more than 50 yr ago.
(3) There were 18 primary cases amongst pilgrims returning from Mecca and 15 subsequent cases among Muslims over the following 19 months.
(4) Pilgrims have been undeterred by the collapse of a construction crane in Mecca earlier this month, which killed more than 100 people and injured at least 200.
(5) Video of Mecca pilgrim on 'hoverboard' divides opinion Read more The Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, whose country is home to tens of millions of Muslims, said on Twitter: “My thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who lost their lives in the crane crash in Mecca.
(6) Pilgrims from all over the world, many weeping and clutching precious mementos or photographs of loved ones, jostle beneath its soaring domes every day.
(7) Using Koufonissi as a base, there are daily excursions by caique and ferry to nearby islands, including Iraklia, where walkers can follow a pilgrims' trail across the high lands to spectacular St John's Cave, carved into a limestone cliff.
(8) Pilgrims who became group A carriers introduced this clonal group into sub-Saharan Africa on their return from the haj.
(9) Cash pilgrims and bricks of money: HSBC Swiss bank operated like cash machine for rich clients Read more Epstein, who reportedly keeps much of his wealth in the US Virgin Islands, where he owns a private island, did not respond to multiple requests for comment about his HSBC Geneva accounts.
(10) He's thanking them and telling then that he is going to become "a pilgrim about to start his last journey on Earth" (Thanks to the BBC's translator).
(11) In Pilgrim's Progress, Christian's path passes a cave in which two giants once dwelled.
(12) And though films like Scott Pilgrim can feel positively regressive in their sexual politics, BTTF is not misogynistic.
(13) 1987 31 July: Saudi security forces suppress an unauthorised protest held by Iranian pilgrims.
(14) Friends and pilgrims visited and took home with them something of the hillside.
(15) Baboun, a former literature scholar, has spent her term redrawing municipal boundaries, dealing with the damage caused to Bethlehem’s business district by the wall dividing the West Bank from Israel, and focusing on providing sufficient accommodation for tourists and pilgrims.
(16) The only souls around are a small group of Buddhist pilgrims, lighting incense at the rear of the spectacular Khmer temple.
(17) It was not the first tragedy to strike Mecca pilgrims, although the hajj has remained practically incident-free in recent years.
(18) Their image of the church is of a pilgrim people on the move.
(19) The UK cash pilgrims also included property traders, a diet clinic owner and a toy manufacturer.
(20) But there was little mourning among pilgrims, who snapped pictures of the collapsed metal and continued with their prayers and rituals.
Pilgrimage
Definition:
(n.) The journey of a pilgrim; a long journey; especially, a journey to a shrine or other sacred place. Fig., the journey of human life.
(n.) A tedious and wearisome time.
Example Sentences:
(1) It has been a place of pilgrimage for many centuries and a tourist attraction probably since Roman times.
(2) The Butcher’s Arms Herne Facebook Twitter Pinterest Martyn Hillier at the Butcher’s Arms Now a place of pilgrimage and inspiration, the Butcher’s Arms was established by Martyn Hillier in 2005 when he opened for business in the three-metre by four-metre front room of a former butcher’s shop.
(3) But first he flew to Saudi Arabia to make the religiously encouraged pilgrimage to Mecca; he found himself stranded in Bahrain after he was unable to enter Kenya.
(4) And they should also remember the alternatives to medically assisted dying: botched suicide attempts, death by voluntary starvation and dehydration, pilgrimages to Switzerland and help from one-off amateurs who have the threat of prosecution hanging over them.
(5) Good point: the German edition was subtitled Eine Englische Wallfahrt (An English Pilgrimage).
(6) On that pilgrimage to Mecca, he ordered a mosque built wherever his procession stopped en route.
(7) It’s a great tragedy.” All Yazidi celebrations, such as weddings and the party-like annual pilgrimage to their sacred temple, Lalish, have been put on hold.
(8) A few weeks ago, an official from the Cabinet Office gushed on his blog about a jolly exciting trip, a kind of pilgrimage, to Amazon and Google in Seattle and San Francisco.
(9) The long pilgrimage of pregnancy with its wonders and abasements, the apotheosis of childbirth, the sacking and slow rebuilding of every last corner of my private world that motherhood has entailed – all unmentioned, wilfully or casually forgotten as time has passed.
(10) His pilgrimages have also shored up support for his premiership from ruling party conservatives and from an influential lobby of families bereaved in wartime.
(11) His most famous piece, Magnetism , uses a black square magnet surrounded by iron filings to represent the pilgrimage to the Ka'ba.
(12) Fearful of the connections his son had been forming back home, his father reportedly confiscated Abedi’s passport, relenting only when his son told him he was going on a pilgrimage to Mecca.
(13) The Islamic Republic of Iran pursues a clear and transparent policy with regard to the expansion of interaction and cooperation with all neighbours and world countries and enjoys excellent relations with many regional governments, especially Arabic governments.” The row is likely to have serious consequences for Iranians who plan to travel to Saudi Arabia for the hajj pilgrimage.
(14) The annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, which drew 2 million Muslims from around the world, has been epidemic-free, Saudi Arabia’s acting health minister has said.
(15) There are dancers from 17 nationalities currently in Bausch's company, and many of them made similar pilgrimages.
(16) Over time, the patch of mountain has become a pilgrimage to environmental and other activists, even school groups, with Gibson's wife handling the scheduling requests.
(17) In a little over two years' time, Bannockburn will be the focus of much more than trophy-hunting tourists, expatriates on a cultural pilgrimage and casual patriots.
(18) More than half a million Iranians annually travel to Saudi Arabia for hajj pilgrimage, which Muslims consider a religious duty.
(19) The most important stop on our pilgrimage is Macondray Lane – the inspiration for Barbary Lane.
(20) This should prove sobering enough to prepare you for Thirsty Thursday , the traditional kick-off for the nightly yuletide pilgrimage from office party to A&E.