pagoda
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noun- 1.
(Hinduism, obsolete)A Hindu temple.
This King of Calycut was a Bramene, as others his Predeceſſours alſo were, which amongſt the Malabars are Prieſts, and for that it is a cuſtome and anncient order obſerved, that all the Kings doe dye in one Pagode, which is the houſe of praiers to their Idolls...
All your Religious Women who assist at the Performances of Pagod Ceremonies, are unexceptionably great Whores.
- 2.
(Hinduism, uncommon)(Hinduism, Buddhism, uncommon) A tall building in an Indian, Burmese, or Thai style erected at Hindu or Buddhist temples in South and Southeast Asia, a stupa surmounted with a high point.
- 3.
A multi-storey tower in a Chinese style used in various contexts across East Asia and Nepal, usually with upturned curving roofs above each storey.
He declared he would ascend the highest pinnacle of the highest pagod in Japan.
- 4.
(alt of, alternative, archaic)(now rare) Alternative form of pagod, an idol, chiefly in South and Southeast Asia.
- 5.
(historical)A unit of currency, a coin made of gold or half gold, issued by various dynasties and colonial powers in southern India.
I, in about two hours, notwithstanding the utmost caution, found myself minus upwards of six hundred pagodas […] .
- 6.
(abbreviation, alt of, rare)Short for pagoda sleeve.
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From Portuguese pagode (Hindu temple, Hindu idol, pagoda coin), from any of various Dravidian languages' words of respectful address to Hindu gods and idols and their temples, including Malayalam പകോതി (Durga temple), -, and Tamil பகவதி (Durga, Parvati), possibly corrupted under the influence of Portuguese pagão (pagan), all ultimately from Sanskrit भगवती ([[holy).