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pagoda - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'pagoda' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pagoda [ 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.
- An idol.
- 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.