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a person who travels to foreign lands
A wandering pilgrim, he made his way across Europe before eventually settling in Madrid.
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The Jubilee is expected to bring some 32 million pilgrims to Rome over 2025, and Francis has a dizzying calendar of events to minister to them.
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CBS News, 21 Dec. 2024
In addition, pilgrims come to Jubilee to walk the 15-mile Seven Churches pilgrimage circuit around the city.
—Erica Firpo, AFAR Media, 20 Dec. 2024
Hundreds of barefoot pilgrims undertook a parikrama one morning, picking around heaps of cow dung dotting the road.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 5 Jan. 2025
The village's rich history also includes two churches, the Church of the Visitation and the Church of Saint John, that draw generations of pilgrims to Ein Karem.
—Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, Fox News, 2 Jan. 2025
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CBS News, 21 Dec. 2024
In addition, pilgrims come to Jubilee to walk the 15-mile Seven Churches pilgrimage circuit around the city.
—Erica Firpo, AFAR Media, 20 Dec. 2024
Hundreds of barefoot pilgrims undertook a parikrama one morning, picking around heaps of cow dung dotting the road.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 5 Jan. 2025
The village's rich history also includes two churches, the Church of the Visitation and the Church of Saint John, that draw generations of pilgrims to Ein Karem.
—Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, Fox News, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Pilgrim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pilgrim. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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