any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding
the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category
a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas; "originally all brahmans were priests"
a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family); "a Boston Brahman"
marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause
of or pertaining to or in keeping with the Christian gospel especially as in the first 4 books of the New Testament
relating to or being a Christian church believing in personal conversion and the inerrancy of the Bible especially the 4 Gospels; "evangelical Christianity"; "an ultraconservative evangelical message"
(used of eyes) lacking liveliness; "empty eyes"; "a glassy stare"; "his eyes were glazed over with boredom"
(of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it; "glazed pottery"; "glassy porcelain"; "hard vitreous china used for plumbing fixtures"
resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness; "the glassy surface of the lake"; "the pavement was...glassy with water"- Willa Cather