Pilgrims

Since the term pilgrims was not in use at the time, members referred to their celebration as "Old Colony Day," later "Forefathers 'Day." ❋ Unknown (2009)

The sanctity of the place, hallowed by hoary tradition, and the magnificence of the temple and its services, made it an object of veneration throughout the land, and pilgrims from the furthest corners of Anahuac came to offer up their devotions at the shrine of Quetzalcoatl. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Before he became a national celebrity for telling us "What Went Wrong," Lewis delved as enthusiastically into such topics as the relative merits of donkeys and camels for medieval pilgrims, derivations of the Persian word for eggplant, and property law in the tenth-century Muslim provinces. ❋ Unknown (2004)

With all the famous lamas and pilgrims from the far interior, even from ❋ Unknown (1901)

The warning, reported by Iranian news agencies, came after Iran's government confirmed reports that 11 Iranian citizens, whom it described as pilgrims, had been kidnapped last week while visiting Syria, where the armed forces of President @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. ❋ By RICK GLADSTONE (2012)

The warning, reported by Iranian news agencies, came after Iran's government confirmed reports that 11 Iranian citizens, whom it described as pilgrims, had been kidnapped last week while visiting Syria, Iran's strategic ally. ❋ By RICK GLADSTONE (2012)

Those first adventurers we call pilgrims and the sixteenth President of the United States, though separated by time and circumstance, shared a common bond. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A crowd of pilgrims from the East and West continued to visit the holy sepulchre, and the adjacent sanctuaries, more especially at the festival of Easter; and the ❋ Unknown (1206)

While they viewed with hatred and suspicion the Latin pilgrims the Greek emperors maintained a strict, though secret, alliance with the Turks and Saracens. ❋ Unknown (1206)

Her vessels transported the Latin pilgrims to the coasts of Egypt and Palestine, and deserved, by their useful imports, the favor and alliance of the ❋ Unknown (1206)

The lots of the Latin pilgrims were regulated by chance, or choice, or subsequent exchange; and they abused, with intemperate joy, their triumph over the lives and fortunes of a great people. ❋ Unknown (1206)

Oriental Christians and the Latin pilgrims deplored a revolution, which, instead of the regular government and old alliance of the caliphs, imposed on their necks the iron yoke of the strangers of the North. ❋ Unknown (1206)

The preeminence was asserted by the spirit and numbers of the Franks; and the greatness of Charlemagne 60 protected both the Latin pilgrims and the Catholics of the East. ❋ Unknown (1206)

No sooner had Godfrey of Bouillon accepted the office of supreme magistrate, than he solicited the public and private advice of the Latin pilgrims, who were the best skilled in the statutes and customs of Europe. ❋ Unknown (1206)

a dwarfish shrub to be seen, and the only shelter to the panting pilgrims is under the shadow of the great overhanging cliffs. ❋ Unknown (1871)

a new race of pilgrims from the remote, and once savage countries of the North. ❋ Unknown (1206)