All 4 Uses of
pilgrim
in
Romeo and Juliet
- If I profane with my unworthiest hand
This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this,—My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand
To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.†p. 56.6pilgrims = people who journey to a special place -- typically as an act of religious devotion
- Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much,
Which mannerly devotion shows in this;
For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch,
And palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss.†p. 56.7
- Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much,
Which mannerly devotion shows in this;
For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch,
And palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss.†p. 56.7
- Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer.†
p. 56.8 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(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
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
As a proper noun (capitalized), Pilgrim refers specifically to those who founded Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts in 1620.