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Brahmanical

American  
[brah-man-ik-uhl] / brɑˈmæn ɪk əl /
Or Brahminical

adjective

  1. relating to or characteristic of the doctrines or practices of Brahmanism or Brahmans.


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The age of Vikramadytia was an age of Brahmanical ascendancy.

From India, Old and New by Sir Valentine Chirol

The appearance of these Brahmanical hermitages in the country far away to the south of the Raj of Kasala, seems to call for critical inquiry.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith

The most remarkable Hindu or Brahmanical temples are in Southern India.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

He joined in the Brahmanical worship and sacrifices of his Rajput queens.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 by Rossiter Johnson

Owing partly to the tribal system, and partly to the levelling effect of Islam, nothing similar to the Brahmanical system of social precedent is to be found in Baluchistan.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various

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