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pilgrimn. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French pilegrin; Latin pelegrinus. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman pilegrin, pilegrine, pilgrim (also pelerim , pelerin , pilerin , pelrin , pilrin , peregrin , peregrine ; compare Old French, Middle French pelerin , French pèlerin ) stranger, alien, pilgrim, crusader (compare Old French pelerin c1050 in sense ‘stranger’, c1100 in sense ‘pilgrim’) and its etymon post-classical Latin pelegrinus (4th cent.), variant (with dissimilation of r to l ) of classical Latin peregrīnus peregrine n. Compare Old Occitan peligrin (12th cent.), pellegri , peleri (13th cent.), Occitan pelerin , Catalan pelegrí (14th cent.; also peregrí ), Spanish peregrino (13th cent.; also †pelegrino ), Italian pellegrino (12th cent. as pelegrinu ). Compare also Middle Dutch pelegrim , pelgherijm , pelegrijn (Dutch pelgrim ), Middle Low German pēlegrīm , pelgrīm , pīlegrīm , pilgrīm , Old High German piligrīm (Middle High German bilgerīm , bilgerīn , pilgerīn , German Pilger , (archaic) Pilgrim ). Compare pelerin n. society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] lOE Manumission, Exeter (Exeter 3501) in C. Fox & B. Dickins (1950) 366 And ðis is seo gewitnisse, Iohan alurices sune,..Huberd Randolf cotes sune, Osbern Hod Pilegrim Ialebriht Gesfrei se coc, [etc.]. a1225 ( (Winteney) (1888) 107 Ða heane & þa pilegrimes [L. peregrinorum] ealre ȝeornest beon underfangene. a1225 (c1200) (1888) 35 (MED) Swa doð pilegrimes ðe lateþ her awen eard and fareð in to oðre lande. 1340 (1866) 253 Þe ilke þet is pilgrim and ine oncouþe contraye huer byeþ manye þyeues an robberes þet aspieþ þe pilgrims. a1382 (Bodl. 959) Judges xix. 16 He was of þe hil of effraym, & a pilgrym dwellide in gaba. a1425 (Stonyhurst) f. 9 (MED) Barginus..a pilgrim of anoþer cuntre. c1460 in A. Clark (1907) 112 We haue Decreyd..þe pertinencis..in-to þere owne vses to þe susteynyng of powre men and pilgrymys. a1475 (Lansd.) (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Washington) (1965) 11836 (MED) He shal shewe him..Þe sixte time to pilgrimes tweie Þat shullen wiþ him to a castel wende. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil i. 1 Lyke wandring pilgrim too famosed Italie trudging. c1610 f. 9v Now they are going in the court lyk poor pilgroms. 1744 J. Thomson Summer in (new ed.) 94 A suffocating Wind the Pilgrim smites With instant Death. 1764 O. Goldsmith 11 And haply too some pilgrim, thither led, With many a tale repays the nightly bed. 1814 W. Wordsworth ii. 56 Mount slowly Sun! and may our journey lie Awhile within the shadow of this hill,..a shelter from thy beams! Such is the summer Pilgrim's frequent wish. 1861 D. G. Rossetti tr. Dante Vita Nuova in ii. 305 Any man may be called a pilgrim who leaveth the place of his birth. 1914 S. Lewis iv. 57 He climbed to the top deck, and now he could again see his brother pilgrim, the moon. 1991 A. Carter (1992) i. 34 But, pilgrim by name, pilgrim by nature, came the day the wanderlust seized him by the throat again. 2. society > faith > worship > pilgrimage > [noun] > one who makes c1225 (?c1200) (1973) 2470 From þeonne as ha deide twenti dahene ȝong, & ȝet ma, as pilegrimes, þet wel witen, seggeð. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1978) 15346 Brien..saide þet he wes pelegrim, ah pic nefden he nan mid him. c1330 (?c1300) (Auch.) 125 Who þat nel nouȝt leue me, Wite at pilgrimes, þat þer haþ be. c1387–95 G. Chaucer 26 Pilgrymes [v.r. pilgremes] were they alle That toward Caunterbury wolden ryde. c1400 (a1376) W. Langland (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. Prol. 46 Pilgrimes and palmeris pliȝten hem togidere For to seke seint Iame & seintes at rome. c1485 ( G. Hay (2005) 224 All pilgrimes to quhat voyage yat euer thai pas jn the seruice of god, and his sanctis, thay ar all jn the protectioun, and saluegarde of the pape. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane f. cccxliv At the same time were very manye Pilgrimes..at Rome,..to thentent they might..receiue cleane remission and forgeuenes of theyr sinnes. 1598 W. Shakespeare i. ii. 124 There are pilgrims going to Canturburie with rich offerings, and traders riding to London with fat purses. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton iii. 476 Here Pilgrims roam, that stray'd so farr to seek In Golgotha him dead, who lives in Heav'n. View more context for this quotation 1740 J. Dyer 3 The Pilgrim oft..mid his Oraison hears Aghast the Voice of Time. 1797 A. Radcliffe II. i. 51 ‘Hush! they are pilgrims,’ whispered Vivaldi. 1841 E. W. Lane tr. I. 26 Pilgrims returning from the holy places bring water of Zemzem, dust from the Prophet's tomb. 1892 D. B. W. Sladen xxvi Nikko with its..awestruck pilgrims, and its shrines. 1954 H. F. M. Prescott v. 127 A mosque, to the Christian pilgrim, was forbidden ground. 1994 Apr. 10/2 This small private church has attracted pilgrims and cure-seekers for nearly 200 years. 1584 R. Lloyd sig. Gv She closed vp my dieng eies, whom once I loued most..Thus as a Pilgrime died I. 1599 T. Storer sig. B3v Perchance the tenor of thy mourning verse May leade some pilgrim to my toomblesse graue. 1662 Duchess of Newcastle Loves Adventures i. ii. vii, in 13 Though I am loves Pilgrime, yet I shall travell to an honest heart; there to offer my pure affections. 1691 W. Mountfort iv. ii. 41 We Lovers and Pilgrims in the Devotion of the fair Sex, must bear much More. 1720 A. Pennecuik (ed. 2) iii. 198 Plant Bays and Laurels on the mournful Cell; Upon his Grave perpetual Greenness dwell. Pilgrims must know it is not common Dust. 1783 W. Blake His breast is love's all-worshipp'd tomb, where all love's pilgrims come. 1847 G. Lippard vi. v. 518 That State House is the Mecca of Freedom, to which the pilgrims of all climes may come. 1885 H. James in May The pleasant old town of Coventry, where all American pilgrims to midland shrines go and murmur Tennyson on the bridge. 1927 H. V. Morton iii. 60 ‘Here's mud in your eye!’ said one of the modern pilgrims, tossing down his martini. 1991 R. Ferguson xvi. 358 He had retained his status as a hero of the young and received a steady trickle of pilgrims at the house on Ocampo Drive. society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > pilgrim ?c1225 (?a1200) (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 258 Ach þeo pilegrimes þe gað towart heouene ha gað to beon isonteð. & to finden god seolf & alle hise halie haleȝen. liuinde in blisse. 1340 (1866) 257 (MED) Þet is þe cite of paradis þet þe guode pilgrims zecheþ. c1384 (Douce 369(2)) Heb. xi. 13 Thei ben pilgrymes [a1425 L.V. pilgryms], and herborid men vpon the erthe. c1450 (c1350) (Bodl.) (1929) 983 (MED) For erþe is nouht our eritage..But we ben pore pilegrimus put in þis worde. c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate (1934) ii. 822 (MED) To erthly pilgrymes that passen to and froo, Fortune shewith..How this world is a thurghfare ful of woo. 1526 Heb. xi. 13 They..confessed that they were straungers and pilgrems on the erthe. c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cxix. 7 in (1998) II. 194 A Pilgrim right On earth I wandring live. 1621 H. Ainsworth (new ed.) iii. 24 Minding himselfe an exile and pilgrime here one earth. 1678 J. Bunyan 90 I was a Pilgrim, going to the Cœlestial City. View more context for this quotation 1729 W. Law i. 8 To live as Pilgrims in spiritual watching. 1791 M. De Fleury 91 Thou dwell'st secure in yon bright world above,..While I on earth remain a pilgrim still, Confin'd in clay. 1838 R. W. Emerson 6 A divine pilgrim in nature, all things attend his steps. 1850 N. Hawthorne xi. 172 A gleam along my earthly track, whereby the pilgrims that shall come after me may be guided to the regions of the blest. 1909 L. M. Montgomery v. 42 Anne marshalled her shaky wits into order and looked over the array of little pilgrims to the Grown-up Land. 1989 22 Sept. 11/1 We should..recognize our status as mere pilgrims in this world. 4. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > colonist or settler > [noun] > other specific colonists or settlers 1630 W. Bradford 36 They knew they were but pilgrimes, & looked not much on those things; but lift vp their eyes to ye heauens, their dearest cuntrie. 1654 E. Johnson 216 Yet were these pilgrim people minded of the suddain forgetfulness of those worthies that died not long before. 1660 in (1914) 17 366 [New Haven colony] bounds extended neare unto Cold Spring, beyond Pilgrims Harbour. 1702 C. Mather ii. i. 3/1 They found..a new World..in which they found that they must live like Strangers and Pilgrims. 1794 in (1914) 17 366 Toasts on the occasion, viz..The Pilgrims in Concord. 1841 A. Young 88 The term Pilgrims belongs exclusively to the Plymouth colonists. 1892 21 Apr. What shall we say to the descendants of the Pilgrims, and the Signers,..who are happy and content under his sway? 1957 XIV. 101/2 The Betty lamp of the Pilgrims (1620)..was equipped for hanging from mantelpieces or shelves. 1987 N. Blei xxii. 146 Thanksgiving was as gray as the clothes the Pilgrims wore. the world > animals > by habitat > [noun] > of a particular region (fauna) > of particular type 1841 W. L. MacCalla 46 After such an address from a citizen of that calumniated country Texas to a shattered old pilgrim, I took the liberty of withdrawing to another apartment. 1867 J. F. Meline 22 The term Pilgrims for emigrants first came into use at the period of the heavy Mormon travel—the Mormons styling themselves ‘Pilgrims to the promised land of Utah’. 1888 Feb. 509/1 Those herds consisting of pilgrims,..animals driven up on to the range from the South, and therefore in poor condition. 1907 J. W. Schultz ii. 22 A pilgrim, only three months in the country and going to help an Indian steal a girl! 1962 Autumn 16/2 In stockmen's language..newly imported..cattle are ‘pilgrims’, also applied to those unable to ‘rustle’ or hunt for food. 1994 R. Hendrickson 181 Say, what's your name, pilgrim? 2000 B. Dravis xxiii. 244 Robert..put on his bravest smile, saying, ‘Well, howdy, pilgrim, something we can do for you?’ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > colonist or settler > [noun] > other specific colonists or settlers 1850 M. F. Tupper in IV. 116 Heaven speed you, noble band! Linked together heart and hand, Sworn to seek that far-off land Canterbury Pilgrims. 1851 5 July 8/6 At the head of the pilgrims..were working clergy, working schoolmasters, working landlords, working labourers—workers every one! 1865 M. A. Barker (1874) iii. 20 Fifteen years ago a few sheds received the ‘Pilgrims’, as the first comers are always called. 1903 30 Mar. 5/2 Sir John Hall..was one of the original ‘Canterbury pilgrims’, as the first settlers in the New Zealand province founded under the auspices of the Church of England were styled. 1972 M. Anderson 143 The shake [i.e. earthquake] was described as the most severe since the arrival of the pilgrims. 2000 (Nexis) 16 Dec. 10 When James Edward FitzGerald jumped ashore at Lyttelton, 150 years ago almost to the hour, he did more than just become the first of the Pilgrims to land. 1740 6 (note) Pelerin worn about the Ladies Necks, and in English a Pilgrim. 1860 F. W. Fairholt Gloss. Pilgrim, a term given about 1765 to an appendage of silk, fixed to the back of a lady's bonnet, by way of covering the neck, when walking. 1906 4 Aug. 10/1 The excited young wife pounced on the supposed lost ‘pilgrim’. 1957 M. B. Picken 251/1 Pilgrim, cape or ruffle fastened to back of bonnet to shield the neck. Used in 18th century. the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > family Falconidae > genus Falco (falcon) > falco peregrinus (peregrine falcon) 1792 J. Leslie tr. Comte de Buffon I. 212 Thus the Falcons are reduced to two species; the Common or Genteel Falcon, and the Passenger or Pilgrim Falcon. 1866 4 Aug. Sparrow hawks, gerfalcons, hobbies, pilgrims, vultures, and merlins. 1940 G. Wescott (title) The pilgrim hawk: a love story. Compounds C1. 1805 W. Scott vi. xxix. 190 When pilgrim-chiefs, in sad array, Sought Melrose' holy shrine. 1928 9 Feb. 10/3 (heading) Modern Pilgrim Chief..Sir Harry Britain..had almost as rough a voyage to New York..as the original Pilgrims. 1799 J. West IV. 159 Then Alleyne cast his pilgrim cloak And tuneful harp aside. 1918 W. M. Kirkland xx. 239 We are pilgrims, never dropping..the pilgrim cloak of an affable reserve. 1991 K. Gravdal iii. 99 He [sc. Renart the fox] wipes his arse with his pilgrim cloak and throws it at the council members. c1384 (Douce 369(2)) Zeph. i. 8 Y shal visite..vpon alle that ben clothid with pilgrim or straunge clothing [L. veste peregrina].] c1450 (1904) I. 198 (MED) Bryng hedur þat lord of ours þat late seld hys pylgram clothyng. 1988 W. Williams ii. vi. 225 In order to recover the requisite pilgrim clothing stolen from him at Jaffa. 1790 W. Sotheby 8 Sacred soil, Oft trod by pilgrim foot. 1878 R. Browning 325 Sward my pilgrim-foot can prize. 2002 (Nexis) 14 Dec. a 12 Since the first Pilgrim foot landed on this ground. 1906 at Pilgrim sb. Pilgrim garland. 1615 E. Sandys 70 In pilgrim life, our rest; in thrald estate, our stay. 1856 E. B. Kelly i. 7 Now, at the age of thirteen years and five months, [I] commenced my pilgrim life. 2004 (Nexis) 6 Jan. 4 a A teaching kit used in classroom demonstrations about Pilgrim life. 1661 S. Pordage ii. 223 It was dear Pilgrim Man's stupidity, That me enforc'd to this Apostrophe. 1796 S. T. Coleridge Now the ascent She climbs of that steep upland, on whose top The Pilgrim-man..Shouts to himself. 2003 (Nexis) 17 Oct. c1 The Pilgrim man nudges the Indian. 1715 M. Davies 284 As the Pilgrim-Monger Mr. Medcalf undauntedly own'd in 1712. 1800 J. Cottle iii. 75 And never pilgrim-monk unheeded ask'd For food or raiment. 1892 5 Feb. 73/2 Yuang Chang, the pilgrim monk, who..returned after sixteen years' wanderings in India. 1995 73 225 The rule of Benedict distinguished between the reception of rich and poor, priests, and pilgrim monks. 1801 G. Dyer 88 And oft where Clytha's winding waters gleam Shall pilgrim-poets burn with kindred fire. 1899 F. H. Severance 291 I have found no other pilgrim poets making Niagara their theme. 2001 (Nexis) Sept. 26 107–126 The pilgrim-poet of The Divine Comedy encounters the fulfilled destinies of historic and mythic characters. 1768 G. Baretti I. 25 That he might not lie..in beggarly pilgrim sheets. 1698 E. Tipper 79 Go then, my Pilgrim-Soul, pursue the Way. 1848 E. B. Browning Runaway Slave in 29 O, pilgrim-souls, I speak to you. 2001 (Nexis) 14 June a3 Jefferson was..graceful, musical, gallant, a pilgrim soul. 1752 M. Browne Sunday Thoughts (new ed.) iii, in 237 Walk in the Pilgrim-Spirit..thy kindled Lamp High-lifted in thy Hand. 1850 J. G. Whittier 151 By the free Pilgrim spirit nursed Within our inmost bosoms, yet. 2001 (Nexis) 22 Oct. 16 The Pilgrim spirit has not been subdued by several challenges. a1475 (a1376) W. Langland (Harl. 875) (1960) A. vii. 95 (MED) Pilgrimstaf [v.r. pykstaf; c1400 Trin. Cambr. I wile worsshipe þerewiþ treuþe in my lyue, And ben his pilgrym at þe plouȝ..My plouȝpote shal be my pyk]. 1611 T. Coryate sig. E He had a long staffe in his hand with a nobbe in the middle, according to the fashion of those Pilgrims staffes. 1710 T. Parnell 25 The pilgrim~staff he bore, And fix'd the scallop in his hat before. 1812 S. Rogers (rev. ed.) v. 26 Oh, had ye vowed with pilgrim-staff to roam. 1993 C. A. O'Marie 64 James, dressed in flowing cape, wide-brimmed, cockleshelled hat, with a pilgrim staff in his hand. 1689 J. Shower xx. 135 In this Pilgrim State, the Gifts and Graces, and Comforts of the Holy Spirit are so refreshing. a1820 J. Woodhouse Life Crispinus Scriblerus ix. in (1896) I. 160 What doubts depress the heart—what hopes dilate—To try their Spirits in that pilgrim state! 1998 M. Purcell 357 Such a limitation of reason, however, is linked to our pilgrim state, and will eventually be overcome. 1671 J. Milton iv. 424 Till morning fair Came forth with Pilgrim steps in amice gray. View more context for this quotation 1826 A. L. Barbauld 171 With curious search their pilgrim steps shall rove. 1999 1 May 15 Our weary pilgrim steps falter and are so easily led astray. 1830 15 July 7/1 40,000 rupees..a year is paid to native officers of the temple out of the proceeds of the pilgrim-tax. 1995 58 3 The pilgrim tax was the most important source of revenue for the amir of Mecca. 1773 L. T. Nyberg tr. A. G. Spangenberg II. vi. 184 God be adored who spar'd thee here so long For the refreshment of his pilgrim-throng! 1908 W. Hinchman & F. Gummere 16 When his [sc. Chaucer's] turn comes to narrate in the Canterbury Pilgrim throng. 2002 (Nexis) 7 Oct. 12 The crowd was noticeably different from the usual motley pilgrim throng in the square. 1880 17 Aug. 8/5 The steamers engaged in the pilgrim trade are all, or nearly all, owned by native firms. 2004 (Nexis) 15 May a1 Sadr's militia is intimidating locals and driving off the lucrative pilgrim trade. 1869 3 Mar. 4/3 The mere pilgrim traffic would be enormous. 2002 19 Aug. 96/2 In the prominent Vishwanath galli that sees heavy pilgrim traffic to and from the..temple. c1610 Pilgrim's Song in E. Farr (1848) 110 I am a pilgrim-warriour bound to fight Under the red crosse, 'gainst my rebell will. 1922 J. Joyce ii. xv. [Circe] 554 He gives the pilgrim warrior's sign of the knights templars. 1992 (Nexis) 7 Apr. 1/2 Most of the pilgrim-warriors are from Saudi Arabia. 1899 15 July 56/2 Thine [sc. Shakespeare's] the shrine more pilgrim-worn than all The shrines of singers. 1998 R. M. Cooper (rev. ed.) ii. 18 The pilgrim-worn steps are even more..[noticeable] after many decades of additional use. C2. 1835 May 395 There is about to be established in the city of Boston—in the very heart of this Pilgrim city—a Monastery! 1856 31 May 33/4 Plymouth, Mass., is the ‘Pilgrim City’, from the eventful landing at Plymouth Rock. 1989 M. Dibdin (BNC) 193 At least in Perugia you were spared the relentless commercialization of the pilgrim city. 1883 E. A. Freeman vii. 64 It sounds, so to speak, ‘pilgrim-fatherly’. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > colonist or settler > [noun] > other specific colonists or settlers 1799 25 Dec. 3 An Ode [by Samuel Davis], in honor of the Fathers, was sung..—Hail Pilgrim Fathers of our race, With grateful hearts your toils we trace. 1853 J. B. Marsden (ed. 2) 295 The May-flower and the Speedwell..in which the exiles of Leyden, the pilgrim fathers, embarked upon their voyage. 2003 31 Oct. 21/4 Joseph was nevertheless a descendant of one of the Pilgrim Fathers from the Mayflower. 1618 R. Brathwait Remains after Death in sig. F Pilgrim-remouer that depriues vs sence. 1743 R. Pococke I. iii. v. 159 At the first entrance into the pilgrims road (Derb-el-Hadjee)..I saw a sort of sossee towards the east south east. 1899 J. T. Bealby tr. S. Hedin I. 13 Carey..crossed the pilgrim road from Mongolia to Lhasa immediately south of the point where it climbs over a pass in the Kwen-lun Mountains. 1993 Mar. 9/2 The season's political candidates travel the pilgrim road of the tabloid talk shows, making confession to Larry or Barbara or Phil. 2004 5–12 July (Time Atlantic) 56 That feat, plus building some of the pilgrim roads and bridges we walk today, earned a civil-engineering sainthood for Juan de Ortega. the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > faeces > [noun] the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > ointments, etc. > [noun] > ointment > specific c1580 tr. Bugbears i. iii, in (1897) 98 313 A drane of pylgrim salve to clap to hiss nosse. 1670 Mod. Acct. Scotl. in (1813) VI. 137 The whole pavement is pilgrim-salve. 1798 J. Lawrence II. vii. 271 Markham's favourites were oil of oats, and pilgrim's salve. 1639 T. Fuller iv. xi. 187 He..vowed to eat no bread untill he was recognized with the Pilgrimes badge. 1873 8 Sept. 8/1 The pilgrim's badge which I carry is a sufficient passport to the hearts of my host and his domestics. 1932 O. E. Saunders xvi. 222 The existing specimens of pilgrims' badges date from the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries: some of the later ones are bronze, in the form of brooches or buttons. 1998 Spring 8/1 The Department of Antiquities has acquired..a splendid group of seventeen pilgrim badges. the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > carrying flask 1842 24 May 9/2 Lot 53. A pair of pilgrim's bottles in Faenza ware. 2002 (Nexis) 10 Aug. 6 A Chinese Ming dynasty enamel pilgrim's bottle. ?1828 W. Berry I. sig. 4B4/1 Wallet, a scrip, or pilgrim's pouch. 1983 14 Mar. 5 (crossword clue) Provisional financial receipt for the pilgrim's pouch [= scrip]. the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > [noun] > keepsake, souvenir > given to pilgrim 1877 W. Jones 181 The ‘pilgrim-ring’ of Edward the Confessor..was in after times preserved with great care. 1936 28 Jan. 35/2 On the very day after Edward [sc. the Confessor]'s demise..he was laid to rest, with his crown on his head..and the pilgrim's ring on his finger. 1837 Aug. 49 Since the days of our fathers, the pilgrim settlers of New England, it is by no means certain that we have advanced in the knowledge of our duties towards heaven. 1886 G. R. Hart 6 It was hardly a matter for surprise that amongst the ranks of the Pilgrim Settlers who..set sail for Canterbury in 1850, we should have many scions of the aristocracy. 1974 7 312 Plymouth Colony, founded by the Pilgrim settlers in 1620, has received considerable attention from colonial historians in recent years. 1999 (Nexis) 18 Dec. 4 The first of the four pilgrim settler ships, the Charlotte Jane, arrived at Lyttelton from England on December 16, 1850. 1778 E. M. da Costa 144 It [sc. Pecten jacobaeus] is also a native of the Mediterranean Sea, and is probably the very species worn by pilgrims as a mark of devotion; I have therefore given it the trivial name of the Pilgrim. 1785 W. Smellie in tr. Comte de Buffon (ed. 2) IX. 319 (note) The shells are of the large pilgrim or scallop kind [cf. French coquille (de) Saint Jacques].] 1853 A. Reach 203 The king wore the pilgrim's scrip and the pilgrim's shell. 1870 R. Morris 19 The most common shell is the famous Pilgrim shell, with its five spines denoting the birth, life, death, resurrection and ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1882 A. M. Macy in E. K. Godfrey 34 Besides the ‘pilgrim’ shells, so numerous that we almost overlook their beauty. 2003 (Nexis) 1 Nov. 27 The distant days of hooded monks and pilgrims' shells are gone. 1869 W. H. Dixon xii. 85 Vast crowds were taking up the cross, and sticking on their breasts the pilgrim's sign; a scroll displaying the five wounds of Christ. 1997 Apr. 42 Medieval ‘pilgrim signs’ cast in lead provided souvenirs for globe-trotting shrine-goers. 1888 3 426 The way in question is the Pilgrims' Way..that runs over the downs here. 1892 24 Sept. 10/1 This olden pilgrims' way undoubtedly brings you with the most pleasant impressions to your first view of Canterbury. 1980 (Nexis) 11 Feb. 7 It announced modification of the planned road that would have threatened the ‘pilgrims' way’ approach to the church's most revered shrine, the Jasna Gora Monastery at Czestochowa. 2004 (Nexis) 28 Aug. 40 If you have time try to approach it from the woodland path once known, romantically but erroneously, as the Pilgrims' Way, now correctly but boringly called the North Downs Trackway. 1657 N. Billingsley xx. 67 Beziers was stormed by the Pilgrim train. 1746 621 Lord of ev'ry Man: Lead thy Pilgrim Train! 1889 J. T. Bealby tr. S. Hedin xiii. 172 Many a trading-caravan and pilgrim-train passes up and down the valley. 2003 (Nexis) 26 Aug. a01 Police halted one pilgrim train near the city..having discovered an attempt to sabotage the track. 1876 28 Mar. 4/5 A rare Pekin ware Pilgrim vase, with birds and flowers in colours and gold. 2003 (Nexis) 2 May Ivory card cases from China's Ching period..and Chinese porcelain pilgrim vases moulded with dragon handles are among the 180 lots. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland (Laud 581) (1869) B. xi. 228 Cleophas ne knewe hym nauȝte, þat he cryste were, For his pore paraille and pilgrymes wedes [c1400 C text pilgrimes cloþes]. 1488 (c1478) Hary (Adv.) (1968–9) i. l. 277 His modyr graithit hir in pilgrame weid. 1752 W. Mason 48 Mean and pilgrim weeds, All like an antient, toil-worn traveller. 1854 H. B. Stowe I. xi. 242 He thought to spend the other part of his life for God's sake, and so departed from his lady in pilgrim weeds. 1971 18 Feb. 37-L2 Medieval writers refer to ‘pilgrims' weeds’, meaning the long cloak or tunic and the broad-brimmed hat that protected the wearer from sun or rain. Derivatives 1574 T. Newton in tr. G. Gratarolo Ep. 7 Dwelling (Pylgrymlike) in the bodies of all men, women, and fourfooted beastes. 1614 J. Norden sig. E4 Some pilgrim-like, forge habite to haue passe, Returning know not, what their errand was. 1756 T. Amory I. 282 They travel in a pilgrim-like manner. 1858 J. D. Burns 180 Gay groups are winding through the vines In pilgrim-like array. 1998 44 400 The playlets of the pageant are introduced and interwoven with the activities of a pilgrim-like chorus, groups of villagers who dance between the trees. c1400 (a1376) W. Langland (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. vi. 4 (MED) Hy a lede mette Aparailid as a paynym in pilgrim [v.r. pilgremes; palmeres] wyse. He bar a burdoun..An hundrit of ampollis on his hat seten, Signes of synay & shilles of galis And many crouch in his cloke & keiȝes of rome. a1591 H. Smith (1867) II. 485 In earth, man wanders, pilgrim-wise. a1862 H. D. Thoreau (1985) vii. 944 The inhabitants travel the waste here and there pilgrim-wise and staff in hand. 1980 8 290 She [sc. the writer] may construct the text to which she is precursor, and which will itself go knocking, pilgrim-wise, on the doors of the world. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). pilgrimv. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pilgrim n. Etymology: < pilgrim n. Compare Old French peleriner to travel (c1320), Middle French, French peleriner to go on a pilgrimage (c1350; rare between the 16th and mid 19th centuries). Compare earlier pilgrimage v. society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > go on pilgrimage 1561 Test. Love Prol. in J. Stow f. cclxxxvv As they me betiden whan I pilgramed [1532 pilgrymaged] out of my kithe in wintere. 1613 G. Chapman 142 What one worth Was there in all our world, that set not forth All his deserts, to pilgrim to his favours. 1681 N. Grew i. 176 The Palmer-worm, Ambulo..pilgrims up and down every where, feeding upon all sorts of Plants. 1795 A. M. L. ii. 31 This zealous Duke..Pilgrim'd in soul. 1827 T. Carlyle tr. J. P. F. Richter in III. 154 He pilgrimed to his old sporting-places. 1864 J. H. Burton II. ii. 184 With my staff in my hand I pilgrim'd it away all alone. 1898 T. Hardy 143 Upon a noon I pilgrimed through A pasture, mile by mile. 1911 L. Cappadelta tr. H. Grisar I. ii. 41 The murdered monk had..pilgrimed to Rome. 1954 45 72 This was not so bad for people like myself who had pilgrimed throughout the Holy Land before its subdivision into two enemy parts. 2002 (Nexis) 21 Nov. 4 a The Chief Shepherd of his fold has laid down his staff and has pilgrimed beyond the reach of mortal man. Derivatives society > travel > [noun] > going on pilgrimage society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > like a pilgrim 1828 T. Carlyle in 1 129 Now wifeless and placeless,..‘he felt himself..authorized..to indulge his taste for pilgriming.’ 1995 (Nexis) 5 Feb. b5 Pilgriming is less fashionable than it used to be, particularly the Catholic variety. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.lOE v.1561 |
