Pa*go"da (?), n. [Pg. pagoda, pagode, fr.Hind. & Per. but-kadah a house
of idols, or abode of God; Per. but an idol + kadah a house, a temple.]
1. A term by which Europeans designate religious temples and tower-like
buildings of the Hindoos and Buddhists of India, Farther India, China,
and Japan, -- usually but not always, devoted to idol worship.