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 →

2) (history, US) The Pilgrims (Pilgrim Fathers) were English settlers who sailed to America on the Mayflower in 1620. tree →

3) Anyone on a long journey with a purpose. tree →

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 →
• Muslim pilgrims travel to Mecca for Hajj. tree →
• The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620. tree →
• A pilgrim carried a staff and a shell. tree →
• Christians believe pilgrimage brings them closer to God. tree →
• The pilgrims sang as they walked. tree →
• The pilgrim was only too glad to do as he was told. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «pilgrim» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.