(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.
Player
Definition:
(n.) One who plays, or amuses himself; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
(n.) One who plays any game.
(n.) A dramatic actor.
(n.) One who plays on an instrument of music.
(n.) A gamester; a gambler.
Example Sentences:
(1) Schneiderlin, valued at an improbable £27m, and the currently injured Jay Rodriguez are wanted by their former manager Mauricio Pochettino at Spurs, but the chairman Ralph Krueger has apparently called a halt to any more outgoings, saying: “They are part of the core that we have decided to keep at Southampton.” He added: “Jay Rodriguez and Morgan Schneiderlin are not for sale and they will be a part of our club as we enter the new season.” The new manager Ronald Koeman has begun rebuilding by bringing in Dusan Tadic and Graziano Pellè from the Dutch league and Krueger said: “We will have players coming in, we will make transfers to strengthen the squad.
(2) As players, we want what's right, and we feel like no one in his family should be able to own the team.” The NBA has also said that Shelly Sterling should not remain as owner.
(3) The playing fields on which all those players began their journeys have been underfunded for years and are now facing a renewed crisis because of cuts to local authority budgets.
(4) A man named Moreno Facebook Twitter Pinterest Italy's players give chase to an inscrutable Byron Moreno, whose relationship with the country was only just beginning.
(5) The former Stoke City manager Pulis had reportedly been left frustrated by the club failing to push through deals for various players he targeted to strengthen the Palace squad.
(6) DATA Modern football data analysis has its origins in a video-based system that used computer vision algorithms to automatically track players.
(7) Of course they should play if the players still want to.
(8) The others were two Britons, Mark Cox and John Barrett (now both BBC commentators) and the US player Jim McManus.
(9) But still we have to fight for health benefits, we have to jump through loops … Why doesn’t the NFL offer free healthcare for life, especially for those suffering from brain injury?” The commissioner, however, was quick to remind Davis that benefits are agreed as part of the collective bargaining process held between the league and the players’ union, and said that they had been extended during the most recent round of negotiations.
(10) Huth, a Stoke player for more than five years, has made only one Premier League appearance since suffering a knee injury in November 2013.
(11) He is a leader and helps manage the defence, while Pablo Armero can be a bit of a loose cannon but he is certainly a talented player.
(12) Uruguay's coach, Oscar Tabárez, had insisted yesterday that his player should face only a one-match ban.
(13) The spirit is great here, the players work very hard, we kept the belief when we were in third place and now we are here.
(14) He said he was appalled by the player's accusations and plans to meet with Martin on Wednesday at an undisclosed location.
(15) This may have been a pointed substitute programme, management perhaps imagining a future where electronic presenters will simply download their minds to MP3-players.
(16) Nwakali, an attacking midfielder, was the player of the Under-17 World Cup in Chile last year, which Nigeria won, and at which his team-mate Chukwueze, a winger, also impressed.
(17) Twellman has steadily grown in confidence as he settles into his role, though whether as a player or as an advocate he was never shy about voicing his opinions.
(18) "I have to say that I have been a Chelsea player since 2004 and I have never had six minutes in my favour when I was losing.
(19) I would like to see much more of that money go down to the grassroots.” The Premier League argues that its focus must remain on investing in the best players and facilities and claims it invests more in so-called “good causes” than any other football league.
(20) It’s not just that Lester was one of the first signs that the Red Sox’s commitment to players from their own system was starting to pay off.