All 3 Uses of
pilgrim
in
The Picture of Dorian Gray - 20 chapter version
- The scene was the hall of Capulet's house, and Romeo in his pilgrim's dress had entered with Mercutio and his other friends.†
Chpt 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—†Chpt 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—†Chpt 7pilgrims = people who journey to a special place -- typically as an act of religious devotion
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.