Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pilgrim's progress

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English

Syllables: pil-grim's progress
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A morally or spiritually testing journey, often filled with obstacles, learning experiences, and eventual transformation or enlightenment.

noun

Any slow, difficult, dour or funless journey.

noun

Moral, spiritual, meaningful, or redemptive progress.

Example Sentences

"Lady Rosie - so mad-cap in the gaiety of summer's full-blowing that even the organizer of the prim-and-properness forgot about it. Thus what has been planned to be a sort of pilgrim's progress turned out to be a fairy frolic[.]"

Etymology

Referring to the Christian allegory The Pilgrim's Progress, 1678, by John Bunyan.

Questions

What does pilgrim's progress mean?: A morally or spiritually testing journey, often filled with obstacles, learning experiences, and eventual transformation or enlightenment.
Where does pilgrim's progress come from?: Referring to the Christian allegory The Pilgrim's Progress, 1678, by John Bunyan.

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