单词 | brahmin priest |
释义 | > as lemmasBrahmin priest a. General use as a modifier, as in Brahmin caste, Brahmin priest, etc. ΚΠ 1589 Breefe Coniecturall Disc. Hierographicall Lett. & Caracters Ep. Ded. sig. A.ij Pithagoras..who deliuered vnto his hearers the pith and substance of that knowledge and science that the Egyptian prophets, the Assirian Chaldes.., and further East the Brachman Iewes did in his time and before professe. 1671 J. Ogilby tr. A. Montanus Remarkable Addr. 120 A Brachman Youth and he being alone together, told him, That his Master, before he would instruct them in his Doctrine, made them take the foremention'd Oath. 1844 W. H. Sleeman Rambles & Recoll. I. 130 I once heard a very learned Brahman priest say, that he thought the decline of his family and government arose from this innovation. 1873 E. Balfour Cycl. India (ed. 2) III. 284/1 He was of a poor brahmin family, of the Deccan. 1907 Sister Nivedita Cradle Tales Hinduism 273 The Brahmin caste is the highest and most religious amongst the Hindus. 1930 G. A. Oddie Hindu & Christian in S.-E. India (1991) i. 15 No Europeans shall be allowed to dwell near any tanks or ponds belonging to Pagodas or Brahmin villages. 1995 Times of India 13 Apr. 11/1 She belonged to what was considered the elevated Brahmin caste of Nagars. < as lemmas |
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