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Pilgrimage :: Pilgrimage (n.) A tedious and wearisome time.

Burdon :: Burdon (n.) A pilgrim's staff.

Hadji :: Hadji (n.) A Mohammedan pilgrim to Mecca; -- used among Orientals as a respectful salutation or a title of honor.

Croise :: Croise (n.) A pilgrim bearing or wearing a cross.

Pilgrimize :: Pilgrimize (v. i.) To wander as a pilgrim; to go on a pilgrimage.

Palster :: Palster (n.) A pilgrim's staff.

Scallop :: Scallop (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family Pectinidae. The shell is usually radially ribbed, and the edge is therefore often undulated in a characteristic manner. The large adductor muscle of some the species is much used as food. One species (Vola Jacobaeus) occurs on the coast of Palestine, and its shell was formerly worn by pilgrims as a mark that they had been to the Holy Land. Called also fan shell. See Pecten, 2..

L :: L () L is the twelfth letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. It is usually called a semivowel or liquid. Its form and value are from the Greek, through the Latin, the form of the Greek letter being from the Phoenician, and the ultimate origin prob. Egyptian. Etymologically, it is most closely related to r and u; as in pilgrim, peregrine, couch (fr. collocare), aubura (fr. LL. alburnus)..

Imaret :: Imaret (n.) A lodging house for Mohammedan pilgrims.

Guidon :: Guidon (v. t.) One of a community established at Rome, by Charlemagne, to guide pilgrims to the Holy Land..

"""fern " :: Fern (a.) Ancient; old. [Obs.] Pilgrimages to . . . ferne halwes. [saints]..

Xenodochium :: Xenodochium (n.) In the Middle Ages, a room in a monastery for the reception and entertainment of strangers and pilgrims, and for the relief of paupers. [Called also Xenodocheion.].

Pilgrim :: Pilgrim (n.) A wayfarer; a wanderer; a traveler; a stranger.

Pilgrim :: Pilgrim (v. i.) To journey; to wander; to ramble.

Canterbury :: Canterbury (n.) A city in England, giving its name various articles. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury (primate of all England), and contains the shrine of Thomas a Becket, to which pilgrimages were formerly made..

Bourdon :: Bourdon (n.) A pilgrim's staff.

Hadj :: Hadj (n.) The pilgrimage to Mecca, performed by Mohammedans..

Pilgrim :: Pilgrim (n.) One who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee; as, a pilgrim to Loretto; Canterbury pilgrims. See Palmer..

Liken :: Liken (a.) To allege, or think, to be like; to represent as like; to compare; as, to liken life to a pilgrimage..

Templar :: Templar (n.) One of a religious and military order first established at Jerusalem, in the early part of the 12th century, for the protection of pilgrims and of the Holy Sepulcher. These Knights Templars, or Knights of the Temple, were so named because they occupied an apartment of the palace of Bladwin II. in Jerusalem, near the Temple..

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