PILGRIM, n. A traveler that is taken seriously. A Pilgrim Father was o…

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PILGRIM, n. A traveler that is taken seriously. A Pilgrim Father was one who [was] not permitted to sing psalms through his nose [in Europe], followed it to Massachusetts, where he could personate God according to the dictates of his conscience. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.182, University of Georgia Press
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