pagod

noun pagods · pagoda · pagode

1. archaic Synonym of idol, particularly in South and Southeast Asia. 1688, Gabriel Magalhaens, A New History of China, translator not credited, London: Thomas Newborough, p. 259, https://books.google.ca/books?id=fUQI3KVX4bIC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false If they say that the King is more powerfull, How comes it then to pass, say we, that the King throws him
2. alternative, archaic Alternative form of pagoda, various structures, a former coin.pagoda We went to vizet the antient monumentes of Japon, and amongst the rest the pagod, or monument, erected in remembrance of Ogosho Samma, the last Emperour, which, in my opinion, is the most magnificent peece of work which I have seene in Japon, both for the greatenesse and workmanship.