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Definition of Poojahs
1. poojah [n] - See also: poojah
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poojahs
Literary usage of Poojahs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Baptist Missionary Society, from 1792 to 1842 by Francis Augustus Cox, James Peggs (1842)
""I was engaged all the afternoon of yesterday in disputation with several Hindoos
about their idols and poojahs. After exposing the infamous character of ..."
2. Proceedings of the Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East by Church Missionary Society (1825)
"... to their poojahs and Festivals. No apparent change has been produced, except
in the very few instances wherein the Word has been received in truth. ..."
3. Lepcha Land: Or, Six Weeks in the Sikhim Himalayas by Florence Donaldson (1900)
"It was already late in August, and we found that the six weeks' notice required
in applying for leave would bring us near to the Durga poojahs. ..."
4. Memoirs of the Right Rev. Daniel Corrie, LL.D., First Bishop of Madras by Daniel Corrie (1847)
"A very interesting boy, about fifteen years of age, read in one of the tracts,
and told me that it meant, There is only one God, and that all their poojahs, ..."
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