pilgrims

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Other pilgrims were ascending after their own fashion, according to vows they had made.

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  1. noun A religious devotee who journeys to a shrine or sacred place.
  2. noun One who embarks on a quest for something conceived of as sacred.
  3. noun A traveler.

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  • Thus the Lord puts us in mind of our fellow-pilgrims, and teaches us to care for each other.—This morning the young man sent for Mr. R., wishing to see him, and to inform him of the happy change wrought in his heart by the Spirit of God. —  Religion in Earnest
  • The government stated that other pilgrims were allowed to go on the Hajj at their own expense, and there were indications that significantly more self-financing pilgrims were allowed to make the Hajj.
  • At the temples in Vrindavan, the flowers and decoration, and even the pilgrims were all resplendent in yellow Saturday. —  India eNews
  • These evidently were coming to Tenos as a last resource, when doctors were of no avail. Other pilgrims were ascending after their own fashion, according to vows they had made. —  Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing
  • It could only be approached through my garden; and as there was no wagon road, the pilgrims were always open to inspection, so to speak; and they were well worth inspection, as among them were many races, all ages, both sexes, every caste or jat; robes, turbans and cupras of every shape and colour; fakirs and wonder-workers, and beggars galore. —  Ranching, Sport and Travel
 

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