All 3 Uses of
pilgrim
in
Man And Superman
- You cannot say it, for instance, of The Pilgrim's Progress.†
Chpt Ded.
- Bunyan makes no attempt to present his pilgrims as more sensible or better conducted than Mr Worldly Wiseman.†
Chpt Ded. *
- Mr W. W.'s worst enemies, as Mr Embezzler, Mr Never-go-to-Church-on-Sunday, Mr Bad Form, Mr Murderer, Mr Burglar, Mr Co-respondent, Mr Blackmailer, Mr Cad, Mr Drunkard, Mr Labor Agitator and so forth, can read the Pilgrim's Progress without finding a word said against them; whereas the respectable people who snub them and put them in prison, such as Mr W.W. himself and his young friend Civility; Formalist and Hypocrisy; Wildhead, Inconsiderate, and Pragmatick (who were clearly young…†
Chpt Ded.
Definition:
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(pilgrim with a lowercase "p") someone who journeys to a special place -- typically a difficult journey to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion