brahminical

alternative Brahminical · alternative dated Braminical

1. not comparableOf or relating to brahmins or Brahmanism.

   Despite the strict brahminical régime of his household, W. C. Tuttle was all for modernity.

   1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Penguin, published 1992, Part 2, Chapter 4, p. 435

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   Now the Jains officially recognise all the Gods of the Hindu creed, as well as the Lingam and the Snake. They wear the Brahminical thread; they adhere to every claim of Hindu caste-law.

   1901, Rudyard Kipling, chapter 11, in Kim, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, page 254

   [Pandit Lalluram] pivoted on one buttock and broke wind. Dukhi leaned back to allow it free passage, wondering what penalty might adhere to the offence of interfering with the waft of brahminical flatus.

   1995, Rohinton Mistry, chapter 3, in A Fine Balance, London: Faber & Faber, published 1997, page 113

comparative more Brahminical · superlative most Brahminical

1. alternativeAlternative form of brahminical.