See also:

• PAGODA (Port. pagode, a word introduced in the 16th century by the early Portuguese adventurers in India, reproducing phonetically some native word, possibly Pers. but-kadah, a house for an idol, or some form of Sansk. bhagavat, divine, holy)

PAGODA (See also:

• PORT

Port. pagode, a word introduced in the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century by the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early Portuguese adventurers in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, reproducing phonetically some native word, possibly Pers. but-kadah, a See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house for an idol, or some See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of Sansk. bhagavat, divine, See also:

• HOLY

holy)  , an Eastern See also:

• TERM

term for a See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple, especially a See also:

• BUILDING

building of a See also:

• PYRAMID

pyramid shape See also:

• COMMON

common in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India and the Far See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East and devoted to sacred purposes; in Buddhist countries, notably See also:

• CHINA

China, the name of a many-sided See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower in which are kept See also:

• HOLY

holy See also:

• RELICS (Lat, reliquiae, the equivalent of the English " remains " in the sense of a dead body)

relics . More loosely " See also:

• PAGODA (Port. pagode, a word introduced in the 16th century by the early Portuguese adventurers in India, reproducing phonetically some native word, possibly Pers. but-kadah, a house for an idol, or some form of Sansk. bhagavat, divine, holy)

pagoda " is used in the East to signify any non-See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian or non-Mussulman See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship . Pagoda or pagod was also the name given to a See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold (occasionally also See also:

• SILVER

silver) See also:

• COIN
• COIN (older forms of the word are coyne, quoin and coign, all derived through the O. Fr. coing, and cuigne from Lat. cuneus, a wedge)

coin, of about the value of seven shillings, at one See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time current in See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern India . From this meaning is derived the expression " the pagoda See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree," as synonymous with the " See also:

• WEALTH

wealth of the Indies," whence the phrase to " shake the pagoda tree." There is a real tree, the Plumieria acuminata, bearing the name . It grows in India, and is of a small and graceful shape, and bears yellow and See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers tinged with red .