Canterbury Pilgrims
Britishplural noun
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the pilgrims whose stories are told in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
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the early settlers in Christchurch, Canterbury region
Example Sentences
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The Canterbury Pilgrims and The Scarecrow remain his finest achievements.
From Time Magazine Archive
His most important contributions as an inventor are, of course, his descriptions of the Canterbury Pilgrims, which are the pure outcome of a keen observation of men and women at first hand.
From Browning and His Century by Helen Archibald Clarke
The following complete portraits of two of the characters in Chaucer's matchless picture of the Canterbury Pilgrims are taken from the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.
From English Satires by William Henry Oliphant Smeaton
Chaucer, who knew the word only as meaning “liquid,” has left a masterpiece of humour in his prologue to the Canterbury Pilgrims.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
Stothard, his Canterbury Pilgrims, 37; exhibited, 38; described, 176.
From William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work by Irene Langridge
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