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pagods

pagods is the plural of pagod.

Meaning of pagod

Noun

pagod (plural pagods)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of idol, particularly in South and Southeast Asia.
    • If they say that the King is more powerfull, How comes it then to pass, say we, that the King throws himself upon his Knees before the Pagod, and adores him by bowing his head to the Earth?1688, Gabriel Magalhaens, A New History of China, translator not credited, London: Thomas Newborough, p. 259, https://books.google.ca/books?id=fUQI3KVX4bIC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
    Synonyms:
    idol, particularly in South and Southeast Asia

Questions about pagods

What is pagods the plural of?
Pagods is the plural of pagod.

Words near pagods in the dictionary

  1. pagodes
  2. pagodic
  3. pagodiform
  4. pagodite
  5. pagodo
  6. pagods
  7. Pagolingin Bata
  8. Pagolingin East
  9. Pagolingin West
  10. Pagon syndrome
  11. pagophagia

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