pagoda

noun5

1. •
   A tall building in an Indian, Burmese, or Thai style erected at Hindu or Buddhist temples in South and Southeast Asia, a stupa surmounted with a high point.
2. •
   A multi-storey tower in a Chinese style used in various contexts across East Asia and Nepal, usually with upturned curving roofs above each storey.

   • He declared he would ascend the highest pinnacle of the highest pagod in Japan. — 1769
3. •
   (historical) A unit of currency, a coin made of gold or half gold, issued by various dynasties and colonial powers in southern India.

   • I, in about two hours, notwithstanding the utmost caution, found myself minus upwards of six hundred pagodas […] . — 1808
4. •
   (rare) Short for pagoda sleeve.
5. •
   (no longer used) A Hindu temple.

   • All your Religious Women who assist at the Performances of Pagod Ceremonies, are unexceptionably great Whores. — 1719