Canterbury Pilgrims

British  

plural noun

1. the pilgrims whose stories are told in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

2. the early settlers in Christchurch, Canterbury region

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Example Sentences

The Canterbury Pilgrims and The Scarecrow remain his finest achievements.

From Time Magazine Archive

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 Serjeant-at-law, in Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims, had been often at the paruise.

From Notes and Queries, Number 191, June 25, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

Among his own engravings the best known is the famous picture of Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims, which is not altogether free from the weird strangeness that distinguished most of his work in all lines.

From A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington

His pictures—one in particular, the Canterbury Pilgrims, far above Stothard—have great merit, but hard, dry, yet with grace.

From The Best Letters of Charles Lamb by Lamb, Charles