| 单词 | pilgrim's badge |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspilgrim's badge pilgrim's badge n. (also pilgrim badge) chiefly historical a token, usually a small metal badge imprinted with a particular emblem or in the shape of a scallop or cockleshell, worn, esp. by medieval Christians, to indicate the completion or undertaking of a (particular) pilgrimage (cf. pilgrim's shell n., pilgrim's sign n.). ΚΠ 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. xi. 187 He..vowed to eat no bread untill he was recognized with the Pilgrimes badge. 1873 Times 8 Sept. 8/1 The pilgrim's badge which I carry is a sufficient passport to the hearts of my host and his domestics. 1932 O. E. Saunders Hist. Eng. Art in Middle Ages xvi. 222 The existing specimens of pilgrims' badges date from the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries: some of the later ones are bronze, in the form of brooches or buttons. 1998 Ashmolean Spring 8/1 The Department of Antiquities has acquired..a splendid group of seventeen pilgrim badges. < as lemmas |
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