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Definition

1. Someone who undertakes a journey to a holy place (such as a biblical site or the shrines of the saints) to seek God's help, to give thanks or as an act of penance. 2. A Christian journeying through life towards heaven.

Set apart, sacred.
The Bible describes God as the unique supreme being, creator and ruler of the universe.
Name originally given to disciples of Jesus by outsiders and gradually adopted by the Early Church.
In many religions, the place where God dwells, and to which believers aspire after their death. Sometimes known as Paradise.