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Pilgrim
Travelers to (usually) religious landmarks / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A pilgrim (from the Latin peregrinus) is a traveler (literally one who has come from afar) who is on a journey to a holy place. Typically, this is a physical journey (often on foot) to some place of special significance to the adherent of a particular religious belief system. In the spiritual literature of Christianity, the concept of pilgrim and pilgrimage may refer to the experience of life in the world (considered as a period of exile) or to the inner path of the spiritual aspirant from a state of wretchedness to a state of beatitude.[1]
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For European settlers of New England, see Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony). For other uses, see Pilgrim (disambiguation).
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