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Brahminism

noun
Brah·min·ism | \ ˈbrä-mə-ˌni-zəm \
plural -s

Definition of Brahminism 

: the system or practices of or imputed to Brahmins an ardent devotee of Brahminism

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1816, in the meaning defined above

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