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Fakirs

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Fakirs
fanatical mendicant sects found primarily in India. [Asian Hist.: Brewer Note-Book, 310]

Fakirs
mendicant Indian sects bent on self-punishment for salvation. [Asian Hist.: Brewer Note-Book, 310]


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" "I once heard an officer in India tell my mother that there were fakirs who said words over and over thousands of times," said Mary.
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