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Fakir

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Poor), a member of an order of monkish mendicants in India and adjoining countries who, from presumed religious motives, practise or affect lives of severe self-mortification, but who in many cases cultivate filthiness of person to a disgusting degree.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Fakir'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​f/fakir.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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