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单词 pujari
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pujarin.

Brit. /puːˈdʒɑːri/, U.S. /puˈdʒɑri/
Forms: 1800s– pujaree, 1800s– pujari, 1900s– poojari.
Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi pujārī.
Etymology: < Hindi pujārī, lit. ‘worshipper’ < either Sanskrit pūjā homage, worship (see puja n.) or Sanskrit pūj- to show respect + a second element of uncertain origin (probably *-(ā)rika , diminutive and pejorative suffix: perhaps compare patrin n.). Compare French poujari (1702 in an apparently isolated use referring to a female priest; subsequently reborrowed as pujari , poujari (20th cent. or earlier)). Compare earlier puja n.
A person (esp. a priest) who performs a puja; a priest in a Hindu temple.
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pujari1807
1807 F. H. Buchanan Journey through Mysore II. x. 330 In Chera the Pújáris or priests in these temples are all Pundarums.
1813 F. 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.
1855 H. 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.
1907 B. 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.
1969 Enact (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.
1973 Country Life 11 Jan. 80/1 We..presented our credentials to the pujari (priest).
1996 R. Mistry Fine Balance (1997) xiv. 505 The pujari will perform the prayers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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