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Meanings of pilgrim's staff in English

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Usage of pilgrim's staff in English
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Using this as my pilgrim's staff, I crossed the bridge.
Elson Grammar School Literature, book 4
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Behind him follow his disciples, each with the pilgrim's staff.
The Story of the Innumerable Company, and Other Sketches
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In 704 Beg Boirche "took a pilgrim's staff, and died on his pilgrimage."
An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800
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The poisoner has fabricated his pilgrim's staff, to speak scientifically, and perambulated his calcareous strata.
Two Years Ago, Volume I
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And thus late in the twilight of life the old man took his pilgrim's staff and started homeward.
Opening a Chestnut Burr
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I had an umbrella and a pilgrim's staff for sole weapons, with a few rupees in my purse.
Five Years of Theosophy
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It is the traveler's map, the pilgrim's staff, the pilot's compass, the soldier's sword, and the Christian's charter.
The Choctaw Freedmen and the Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academ...
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It is the pilgrim's staff.
Walking-Stick Papers
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Stirring him with his pilgrim's staff, he told him that he should rise without delay, and leave the mansion.
The Junior Classics, Volume 5: Stories that never grow old
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Dirty, forlorn, leaning wearily on his pilgrim's staff, the man was praying before the shrine, his lips moving silently.
Together
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The spear, the stave, the pilgrim's staff, the sword, the sceptre-always has the cane-carryinganimal borne something in his hand.
Walking-Stick Papers
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The third, her pilgrim's staff taking root and bearing leaves and branches over her whilst she slept by the way.
Ely Cathedral
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The hood formed the cowl, a dictionary made a very passable breviary, and a hockey stick served as a pilgrim's staff.
The New Girl at St. Chad's: A Story of School Life
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Suger, therefore, implored in vain, and Louis received the pilgrim's staff at St. Denis, and made all preparations for his pilgrimage.
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2
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As his spirit passes away his pilgrim's staff miraculously bursts out into leaf and blossom, showing that his sins have been forgiven.
The Standard Operas: Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Compose...
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And it was so that Sir Guy, all travel-worn and with his pilgrim's staff in hand, came to her house and craved an alms.
Legends That Every Child Should Know; a Selection of the Great L...