[
US
/ˈbɹɑmɪn/
]
NOUN
- the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category
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a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas
originally all brahmans were priests -
a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family)
a Boston brahman
How To Use brahmin In A Sentence
- This sense of time disturbs the novel's protagonist, a young Brahmin landlord called Jagannatha. Hinduism Cast Against Modernity
- The Brahmins in India possessed for a long time the theocratical power; that is to say, they held the sovereign authority in the name of Brahma, the son of God; and even in their present humble condition they still believe their character indelible. A Philosophical Dictionary
- Brahmins traditionally become priests in the Hindu religion.
- Most of these ‘fighting Brahmins’ were neither scholars nor literati.
- Her innate charm even at her age and her adeptness at being able to turn a situation, howsoever desperate, in her favour, catapult her from the degrading depths of poverty into a fairly comfortable Brahmin priestess.
- Over 5,000 guests attended the Vedic ceremony where Brahmin priests chanted mantras.
- [691-1] Pilpay is supposed to have been a Brahmin gymnosophist, and to have lived several centuries before Christ. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature
- Their identity can only be guessed at by the symptoms of the possessed person, and also by the astrological calculations of our Brahmins.
- Response: This is an adult Brahminy kite, Haliastur indus, a medium-sized accipiter. Mystery bird: Brahminy kite, Haliastur indus
- Most Mariamman temples are humble shrines in villages, where non-Brahmins act as priest using non-agamic rituals. Archive 2009-05-01
