Definition of "fakeer" [fakeer]

• An Eastern religious ascetic or monk. (noun)

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• "After a year or two had passed by, the king heard one day that the fakeer was very ill — indeed, he was believed to be dying."
• "The fakeer rose, and, making a sign to the king to follow, walked a few paces along a dark passage."
• "No one knows what was there shown to the king, nor did he ever tell anyone; but, when the fakeer at length dropped the curtain, and the king turned to leave the place, he had had his glimpse of Paradise!"