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
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The Canterbury Pilgrims and The Scarecrow remain his finest achievements.
From Time Magazine Archive
Frontispiece, "The Canterbury Pilgrims," from an illuminated MS.
From Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics by Carman, Bliss
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 Smeaton, William Henry Oliphant
The Canterbury Pilgrims, on the other hand, bade farewell to old England by dancing at a ball.
From The Long White Cloud by Reeves, William Pember
This visit in early life to the Shakers is interesting as suggesting to Hawthorne his beautiful story of "The Canterbury Pilgrims," which is in his volume of "The Snow-Image, and other Twice-Told Tales."
From Yesterdays with Authors by Fields, James T.
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