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(Encyclopedia) WampanoagWampanoagwämˌpənōˈăg [key], confederation of Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native…The Mayflower
The Pilgrims' progress was forwarded by this hearty English vessel Source: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Fifth Edition Copyright © 1993, Columbia University Press. The Mayflower was…Brewer's: Palmer
A pilgrim privileged to carry a palm-staff: In Fosbroke's British Monachism we read that “certain prayers and psalms being said over the pilgrims, as they lay prostrate before the altar,…Brewer's: Shells
on churches, tombstones, and used by pilgrims: (1) If dedicated to James the Greater, the scallop-shell is his recognised emblem. (See James.) If not, the allusion is to the vocation of…Varanasi
(Encyclopedia) VaranasiVaranasivəränˈəsē [key], formerly BenaresVaranasibənäˈrĭz [key], city (1991 pop. 1,030,863), Uttar Pradesh state, N central India, on the Ganges River. Although a rail hub and…A Not-So-Traditional Thanksgiving, Part 3
Part 3: America's Identity by Neil Miller There are obstacles to reconciliation on the Plymouth side as well as the Native American side. One is the Pilgrim Progress procession—a…Little Women
Louisa May AlcottContentsPlaying PilgrimsA Merry ChristmasThe Laurence BoyBurdensBeing NeighborlyBeth Finds the Palace BeautifulAmy's Valley of HumiliationJo Meets ApollyonMeg Goes to Vanity…Brewer's: Cockle Hat
A pilgrim's hat. Warburton says, as the chief places of devotion were beyond sea, or on the coasts, pilgrims used to put cockle-shells upon their hats, to indicate that they were pilgrims…Brewer's: Pilgrimage
(3 syl.). The chief places in the West were (1) Walsingham and Canterbury (England); (2) Four-vières, Puy, and St. Denis (France); (3) Rome, Loretto, Genetsano, and Assisi (Italy); (4)…Knights Hospitalers
(Encyclopedia) Knights Hospitalers, members of the military and religious Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, sometimes called the Knights of St. John and the Knights of Jerusalem. The…Trending
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