pujari
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editBorrowed from Hindi पुजारी (pujārī).
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editpujari (plural pujaris)
- (Hinduism) Someone who performs a puja, especially a priest in a Hindu temple.
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 48:
- The pujari at the Kalika Mata temple lightly tolls the bell and then in a voice that is as clear and crystalline as the sky this morning sings the Surya Stotra.
- 2000, Bhagwan Gidwani, Return of the Aryans:
- The pujari saw the headman's anger and said to Hiranbai, 'God bless you, child, for your good work for all these God's creatures.'
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