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
He was arrested one day before a pencil sketch of a new and hitherto untreated subject—the Procession of Chaucer’s Canterbury Pilgrims.
From William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work by Irene Langridge
There is also one letter of 1831, sent back during an expedition in New Hampshire, which supplies the genesis of another Twice-Told Tale, "The Canterbury Pilgrims."
From A Study of Hawthorne by George Parsons Lathrop
One famous phrase of Chaucer is often quoted now: "after the schole of Stratford-atte-Bowe," which he used in describing the French spoken by one of the Canterbury Pilgrims in his great poem.
From Stories That Words Tell Us by Elizabeth (Elizabeth Speakman) O'Neill
The Canterbury Pilgrims, on the other hand, bade farewell to old England by dancing at a ball.
From The Long White Cloud by William Pember Reeves
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