pagod

/ˈpæɡəd/

Etymology

Variant form of pagoda.

pagod means Synonym of idol, particularly in South and Southeast Asia. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.

noun

Synonym of idol, particularly in South and Southeast Asia.“1688, Gabriel Magalhaens, A New History of China, translator not credited, London: Thomas Newborough, p. 259, https://books.google.ca/books?id=fUQI3KVX4bIC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false If they say that the King is more powerfull, How comes it then to pass, say we, that the King throws himself upon his Knees before the Pagod, and adores him by bowing his head to the Earth?”