nounplural noun pujaris
A Hindu priest.
‘Innumerable pandas and pujaris await the pilgrims to help them with their worship.’- ‘The chief pujari from Vrindavan India and the Pope are in a meeting in Rome.’
- ‘Working closely together as a mighty band of apprentice pujaris, they assist their teacher and his staff in performing grand ensemble pujas, abhishekams and homas for local Hindu temples and homes.’
- ‘The robe, the pujari said, is replaced every year by the former princely family of Kolhapur.’
- ‘Even the pujari will continue to officiate in the temple within the complex.’
Origin
Via Hindi from Sanskrit pūjā ‘worship’.
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