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▪ I. ‖ pir|pɪə(r)|
Also 7 pire, peor, 9 peer.
[Pers. pīr old man, chief of a sect: a title of honour (Hopkins).]
A Muslim saint or holy man; also transf. the tomb or shrine of a saint.
1672tr. Bernier's Empire Gt. Mogol IV. 113 The Mullahs, who with great conveniency and delight spend their life there, under the shadow of the miraculous Sanctity of this Pire. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 240 Hard by this is a Peor, or Burying-place of one of their Prophets. 1849E. B. Eastwick Dry Leaves 121 He forthwith seeks out some Pir, or Holy Man, to whose wives he entrusts his child. 1882Floyer Unexpl. Baluchistan 73 Here was a pīr, or holy spot, on which Kuli reverently deposited a handful of wretched dates. 1900M. C. Wilson Irene Petrie vi. 116 In calamity he turns to his pir to help him.
▪ II. pir
obs. form of pirr. |