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Definition of Pagoda
1. Noun. An Asian temple; usually a pyramidal tower with an upward curving roof.
Definition of Pagoda
1. n. A term by which Europeans designate religious temples and tower-like buildings of the Hindoos and Buddhists of India, Farther India, China, and Japan, -- usually but not always, devoted to idol worship.
Definition of Pagoda
1. Noun. An Asian religious building, especially a multistory Buddhist tower, erected as a shrine or temple. ¹
2. Noun. An ornamental structure, of that design, erected in a park or garden. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pagoda
1. a Far Eastern temple [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pagoda
Literary usage of Pagoda
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Baptist Missionary Magazine by Executive Committee, Baptist General Convention, American Baptist Missionary Union, Board of Managers (1845)
"The pagoda that was being built, was on a considerable rise of ground, half a
mile from the river where we had spent the greater part of the day. ..."
2. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1887)
"pagoda in the Ka-ma township of Thayet-myo District, Pegu Division, Lower Burma.
... pagoda in Prome District, Pegu Division, Lower Burma ; about 16 miles ..."
3. The Other Side of the Lantern: An Account of a Commonplace Tour Round the World by Frederick Treves (1910)
"The whole of the pagoda is gilded from its foundations to its pinnacle, and it
is to the eye a thing of absolute and refulgent gold. ..."
4. India, Its Life and Thought by John Peter Jones (1908)
"What the church is to Christianity, and the temple is to Hinduism, the
pagoda (sometimes called " dagoba") is to Buddhism. It is the farthest removed from ..."
5. The English Illustrated Magazine (1888)
"With regard to the construction of these towers, there are instances in which
the pagoda is of solid masonry throughout, but far more frequently it consists ..."
6. The Missionary Magazine by American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (1869)
"Close to the zayat in which we stopped is a very beautiful pagoda, ... Adjoining this
pagoda on the east is a large idol house, filled with a vast number of ..."
7. The Burman, His Life and Notions by James George Scott (1882)
"A pagoda FEAST. A pagoda feast in- Burma is one of the most frequent, as well as one
... But the Burmese do not care for any of these things; and the pagoda ..."
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