poojahとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

poojah (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 poojahs)

1. Obsolete spelling of pooja.
   • 1840, Sir William Henry Sleeman, Report on the Depredations Committed by the Thug Gangs of Upper and Central India: From the Cold Season of 1836-37, Down to Their Gradual Suppression, Under the Operation of the Measures Adopted Against Them by the Supreme Government, in the Year 1839, Calcutta: G. H. Huttmann, OCLC 1114542634, page 42:

     No other person but the Chaur is allowed to touch them; and while the poojah (religious ceremony) is going on all must keep themselves pure […]

   • 1800, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Accounts and Papers: Volume 65‎^[1], page 67:

     Laſt is the Gunta-Poojah, which is plaiſtering the bell with ſandal wood.