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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Pagoda

/pəg-ōd'-ə/ · Pa·go·da · IPA /pəˈɡoʊ.də/
01 n. A term by which Europeans designate religious temples and tower-like buildings of the Hindoos and Buddhists of India, Farther India, China,…
  1. 1.
    A term by which Europeans designate religious temples and tower-like buildings of the Hindoos and Buddhists of India, Farther India, China, and Japan, -- usually but not always, devoted to idol worship.
  2. 2.
    An idol.[R.]
  3. 3.
    A gold or silver coin, of various kinds and values, formerly current in India. The Madras gold pagoda was worth about three and a half rupees.