Definitions for pilgrims
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1. Pilgrims(ProperNoun)

   The early settlers of the Plymouth Colony who left for the New World in early 17th century. Usually used in plural.

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1. Pilgrims

   Pilgrims, or Pilgrim Fathers, is a name commonly applied to early settlers of the Plymouth Colony in present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Their leadership came from the religious congregations of Brownist English Dissenters who had fled the volatile political environment in England for the relative calm and tolerance of 16th–17th century Holland in the Netherlands. Concerned with losing their cultural identity, the group later arranged with English investors to establish a new colony in North America. The colony, established in 1620, became the second successful English settlement and later the oldest continuously inhabited English settlement in what was to become the United States of America. The Pilgrims' story of seeking religious freedom has become a central theme of the history and culture of the United States.

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   Song lyrics by pilgrims -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by pilgrims on the Lyrics.com website.

How to pronounce pilgrims?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pilgrims in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pilgrims in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of pilgrims in a Sentence

1. Christophe Landais:

   Mashhad is the destination for pilgrims. Actually Mashhad receives more pilgrims than Mecca in Saudi Arabia — about 25 million.

2. Mariana Fulger:

   We are all pilgrims, in search of destiny, of a soul, an illusion, of a land of immortality.

3. Piers Mitchell:

   While we will never know for sure why they made this journey, pilgrims and traders would be a plausible explanation.

4. Robert Maxim:

   We're kind of stereotyped as the tribes that met the Pilgrims and that's our whole history, like we ceased to exist in 1621, that couldn't be further from the truth.

5. Khaled Al-Maeena:

   The irony is that all this expansion was being done to see to the welfare of the pilgrims.

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