n. [ OE. pilgrim, pelgrim, pilegrim, pelegrim; cf. D. pelgrim, OHG. piligrīm, G. pilger, F. pèlerin, It. pellegrino; all fr. L. peregrinus a foreigner, fr. pereger abroad; per through + ager land, field. See Per-, and Acre, and cf. Pelerine, Peregrine. ]
Strangers and pilgrims on the earth. Heb. xi. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to a pilgrim, or pilgrims; making pilgrimages. “With pilgrim steps.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Pilgrim fathers,
v. i. To journey; to wander; to ramble. [ R. ] Grew. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. pilgrimage, pelgrinage; cf. F. pèlerinage. ]
The days of the years of my pilgrimage. Gen. xlvii. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]
In prison hast thou spent a pilgrimage. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To wander as a pilgrim; to go on a pilgrimage. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]