Definition of Fakirs

1. Noun. (plural of fakir) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fakirs

1. fakir [n] - See also: fakir

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fakirs

fakeries
fakers
fakery
fakes
fakest
fakester
fakesters
fakey
fakie
fakies
fakin'
faking
fakir
fakirism
fakirisms
fakirs (current term)
faklempt
fakon
fal la
falafel
falafels
falaj
falajes
falanaka
falbala
falbalas
falcade
falcades
falcarinol
falcata

Literary usage of Fakirs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Ancient Lowly: A History of the Ancient Working People from the Earliest by Cyrenus Osborne Ward (1900)
"... —fakirs, Fortune-Tellers and Filter Peddlers—Aping the Official Religion to Secure Good Jobs—Emperor Hadrian patronized the ..."

2. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1881)
"(Mi..1 Iiv the fakirs. tail. As he went he rattled a great chain fastened to his foot to proclaim his necessities ; and the poorest Hindus gave their alms, ..."

3. The History of India: The Hindu and Mahometan Periods by Mountstuart Elphinstone (1874)
"Small numbers of fakirs lived with their chiefs, and others were drawn together by charitable distributions, etc.; but they had no monasteries like thai ..."

4. Guarding a Great City by William McAdoo (1906)
"Vili POLICE IMPOSTORS AND fakirs EVERY profession has its impostors—medicine has its quacks, the law has its shysters, and the police departments, ..."

5. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1816)
"The fakirs of A. n 1341 IU(l'a39« and the monks of the Oriental church, were alike .- ьл. persuaded, that in total abstraction of the faculties of the mind ..."

6. Isis Unveiled: A Master-key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1892)
"... Nikiforov- ch, and many other modern witnesses, fakirs are now proved to be ble, by a long course of diet, preparation, and repose, to bring their ..."

7. Hand-book of the Economic Products of the Punjab: With a Combined Index and by Baden Henry Baden-Powell (1872)
"Baba Nanak's fakirs often wear a similar dress ; some of them wear an ordinary turban, except that several lengths of hair rope are bound round it. ..."

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