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‖ pujari|puːˈdʒɑːriː|
Also poojari, pujaree.
[Hindi, f. Skr. pūjā worship; cf. poojah, puja.]
A Hindu priest.
1813F. Hamilton Jrnl. Shahabad Survey (1926) 129 The Pujaris who are making a good thing of the ghost have lately been disturbed by a..young Brahman. 1855H. H. Wilson Gloss. Judicial & Revenue Terms India 396/1 At Benares, the Paṇdá officiates only on particular occasions, the duties of daily worship being performed by inferior priests or Pujáris in his employ. 1883Monier Williams Relig. Thought & Life in India ix. 249 Then the Pūjāri, or priest, takes the Bhūta sword and bell in his hands. 1907B. M. Croker Company's Servant xi. 108 Many baskets of rice were contributed..to the sacrificial pile. On this pile, a drove of buffaloes was killed by the Poojaris. 1967Singha & Massey Indian Dances i. 33 Offerings of flowers and sweetmeats are placed at the base by the pujarees (worshippers). 1969Sunday Standard (Bombay) 3 Aug. (Mag. Section) p. iv/3 Next week, Indran left the village, leaving the temple in charge of another poojari. 1969Enact (Delhi) Nov. 10/3, I will not have any brahmins or pujaris up here, never,..any more than I will go to church for confession or have a mass said to save my soul. 1973Country Life 11 Jan. 80/1 We..presented our credentials to the pujari (priest). |