Both Uses of
pilgrim
in
The Da Vinci Code
- The idea of protection of pilgrims was the guise under which the Templars ran their mission.†
Chpt 37-38 *
- Langdon quickly gave Sophie the standard academic sketch of the accepted Knights Templar history, explaining how the Knights were in the Holy Land during the Second Crusade and told King Baldwin II that they were there to protect Christian pilgrims on the roadways.†
Chpt 37-38
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