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Definition of pilgrimatical - 1 dictionary result

pil⋅grim

[pil-grim, -gruhm]
–noun
1. a person who journeys, esp. a long distance, to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion: pilgrims to the Holy Land.
2. a traveler or wanderer, esp. in a foreign place.
3. an original settler in a region.
4. (initial capital letter) one of the band of Puritans who founded the colony of Plymouth, Mass., in 1620.
5. a newcomer to a region or place, esp. to the western U.S.

Origin:
1150–1200; ME pilegrim, pelegrim, c. OFris pilegrīm, MLG pelegrīm, OHG piligrīm, ON pīlagrīmr, all < ML pelegrīnus, dissimilated var. of L peregrīnus peregrine


pil⋅gri⋅mat⋅ic, pil⋅gri⋅mat⋅i⋅cal, adjective
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