Both Uses of
pilgrim
in
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
- Last week she had told them the story of Pilgrim's Progress, drawing on every detail she could remember.†
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- But in a week's time she had stretched her memory to the utmost, and Pilgrim had traveled all the way from the Slough of Despond to the Celestial City.†
p. 86.2
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.