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Definition of Faquirs
1. faquir [n] - See also: faquir
Lexicographical Neighbors of Faquirs
Literary usage of Faquirs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Statesman's Manual: Or, The Bible the Best Guide to Political Skill and by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1816)
"... faquirs, gamesters, flagellants, mountebanks, and harlots. But neither can
reason or religion exist or co-exist as reason and religion, except as far as ..."
2. The Sociable Story-teller: Being a Selection of New Anecdotes, Humerous (1846)
"The " faquirs," for a long time, refused to give up their old garments under ...
The " faquirs " were at length forcibly divested of their garments, ..."
3. Excursions in India: Including a Walk Over the Himalaya Mountains, to the by Thomas Skinner (1832)
"... or Pun- dahs—Hindoo worship—Endurance of torture—Trial of fortitude—Self-devoted
victims—Mountain legend—Sacred hill —faquirs—A miracle—Situation of ..."
4. The Mystics, Ascetics, and Saints of India: A Study of Sadhuism, with an by John Campbell Oman (1903)
"Claims of Superiority over Sadhus made by faquirs—Strange Treatment of a Faquir by a
... faquirs ..."
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