What does pilgrim mean?
Word: Pilgrim
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Pilgrim means a person who travels to a holy place for religious reasons.
How do you spell pilgrim?
Syllables: pil - grim
Tricky part: Write a single l: pillgrim, with two, is a common slip.
Watch out for: pillgrim, pilgrime
Memory tip: A pilgrim's walk can be long, but the l stays short: just one, like the single l in trail and travel.
Pilgrim in a sentence
Example 1: Our neighbour went as a pilgrim to Amarnath last summer.
Example 2: Old rest houses along the road once sheltered pilgrims.
Example 3: The pilgrim's walking stick was smooth from years of use.
Fun Fact
Pilgrim comes from Latin peregrinus, 'foreigner' or 'traveller', the same word that gave the peregrine falcon its name.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
p_lgr_m
a) i, e
b) i, a
c) e, i
d) i, i
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d) i, i. Both syllables, pil and grim, use a short i.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:
Each winter, many a impirlg travels to Bodh Gaya to sit under the Bodhi tree.
a) pilgrim
b) prism
c) pelican
d) pillar
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a) pilgrim. Pelican needs an e, a c and an n, pillar a double l and an a, and prism an s; pilgrim fits.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the meaning of the word that is spelt wrongly.
1. monastry 2. pilgrim 3. temple 4. shrine
a) a holy place linked with a saint or a god
b) a building used for worship
c) a building where monks live and pray
d) a person who travels to a holy place
Show answer
c) a building where monks live and pray. Monastery has an e before the r; pilgrim, temple and shrine are correct.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word pilgrim as used in the sentence:
Every year a pilgrim from our village walks all the way to Pandharpur for Ashadhi Ekadashi.
a) labourer
b) devotee
c) spectator
d) merchant
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b) devotee. A pilgrim travels out of faith, so devotee is the closest word; a merchant or a labourer travels for work.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who in this list is a pilgrim?
a) a family walking to Vaishno Devi to pray
b) a student flying to her college in Pune
c) a salesman visiting shops in the market
d) a lorry driver taking fruit to Delhi
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a) a family walking to Vaishno Devi to pray
2. The Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to America in 1620 on a ship called the ____.
a) Endeavour
b) Mayflower
c) Golden Hind
d) Beagle
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b) Mayflower
