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Pilgrim: 朝圣者Person who travels to a holy place as an act of religious devotion. Puritan: 清教徒Member of the party of English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who wanted simpler forms of church ceremony. Don’t be confused As the word itself hints, Puritans wanted to make pure their religious beliefs and practices. The Puritan was a “would be purifier.” The word was coined by the opponents of the group and was applied to them in scorn, it was intended to ridicule them as persons who thought themselves holier or better than others. The undaunted Puritans claimed the nam