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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Pilgrims; so called, as wearing the sign of the cross on their upper garments. Britt. c. 122, The knights of the order of St. John of Jerusalem, created for the defense of the pilgrims. Cowell; Blount.