Canterbury Pilgrims

plural noun

1. the pilgrims whose stories are told in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
2. the early settlers in Christchurch, Canterbury region

Example Sentences

The Canterbury Pilgrims, on the other hand, bade farewell to old England by dancing at a ball.

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The foundation of Christchurch is connected with the so-called “Canterbury Pilgrims,” who settled in this district in 1850.

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Chaucer, who knew the word only as meaning “liquid,” has left a masterpiece of humour in his prologue to the Canterbury Pilgrims.

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They are waning into the Hades of extinct races, with the sumpnours and the limitours of the Canterbury Pilgrims.

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In Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims he draws his portraits to the life.

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