Word Meanings - PAGODA - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A gold or silver coin, of various kinds and values, formerly current in India. The Madras gold pagoda was worth about three and a half rupees. (more info) house of idols, or abode of God; Per. but an idol + kadah a house, a 1. A term

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A gold or silver coin, of various kinds and values, formerly current in India. The Madras gold pagoda was worth about three and a half rupees. (more info) house of idols, or abode of God; Per. but an idol + kadah a house, a 1. 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. 2. An idol. Brande & C.

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