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A pilgrim (from the Latin peregrinus) is a traveler (literally one who has come from afar) who is on a journey to a holy place. Typically, this is a physical journey (often on foot) to some place of special significance to the adherent of a particular religious belief system.
Jun 9, 2012 · 1. : one who journeys in foreign lands : wayfarer. 2. : one who travels to a shrine or holy place as a devotee. 3. capitalized : one of the English colonists settling at Plymouth in 1620. Examples of pilgrim in a Sentence. Thousands of Muslim pilgrims traveled to Mecca.
Dec 2, 2009 · The Pilgrims. By: History.com Editors. Updated: June 27, 2023 | Original: December 2, 2009. copy page link. Print Page. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images. Some 100 people, many of them seeking...
3 days ago · Last year, 774 pilgrims died from Indonesia alone, and in 1985, more than 1,700 people died around the holy sites, most of them from heat stress, a study at the time found. A camp for hajj ...
Nov 26, 2020 · The people who became known as the pilgrims were Puritan separatists who had relocated from England to Leiden, the Netherlands, escaping the persecution of James I of England (r. 1603-1625) and his Anglican Church which did not tolerate religious dissent.
Nov 13, 2020 · When the Pilgrims set sail from Europe in 1620, several powerful reasons propelled them across the Atlantic Ocean to make new lives in America—but religious liberty was not their most pressing ...
4 days ago · What was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime turned tragic this week when Saida Wurie learned her parents were among the hundreds of pilgrims who have died amid extreme temperatures in Saudi Arabia.
