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pilgrim

noun as in wayfarer

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More Christian pilgrims have made their way to Iznik since the papal visit was announced, and numbers are expected to grow.

This achievement is the reward for over 18 months of graft in which he "took up his pilgrim's staff to convince dual nationals to join the adventure" and worked to improve conditions for the team.

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Forty-five Indian pilgrims have been killed after the bus they were travelling in caught fire in an accident near Medina in Saudi Arabia, the police commissioner of India's Hyderabad city has said.

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Sunday marked a special Jubilee of the Poor, one of many such celebrations during the holy year, which has drawn pilgrims from around the world.

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On Saturday, the pope called the film professionals "pilgrims of the imagination" and "narrators of hope and heralds of humanity".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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