pilgrim's progress

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   an allegory written by John Bunyan in 1678

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Questions about pilgrim's progress

What does pilgrim's progress mean?

pilgrim's progress means "an allegory written by John Bunyan in 1678".

Is pilgrim's progress a common word?

pilgrim's progress is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.