Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BRACH'MAN, or BRAM'IN
BRACH'I-O-PODEBRA-CHYG'RA-PHER
BRACH'MAN, or BRAM'IN, n.
An ancient philosopher of India. The brachmans are a branch of the ancient gymnosophists, and remarkable for the severity of their lives and manners. – Encyc.
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