bardo

[ bahr-doh ]

/ ˈbɑr doʊ /

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noun, plural bar·dos.(often initial capital letter)

(in Lamaism) the state of the soul between death and rebirth.

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Origin of bardo

First recorded in 1625–30, bardo is from the Tibetan word bár-do “between two” (i.e., a transition, intermediate state)

Words nearby bardo

barde, Bardeen, Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory, bar diagram, bardie, bardo, Bard of Avon, bardolatry, Bardolino, Bardot, bardy

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How to use bardo in a sentence

So now we’ve settled for a small stretch of unoccupied wall and carpet between galleries — a noisy little bardo hovering between eras of her career.
Laurie Anderson is why we have multimedia art. Her story comes full circle at the Hirshhorn.|Michael Andor Brodeur|October 7, 2021|Washington Post
Bardo is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole.
Rock Star Shirley Manson From Garbage Battles a Cyberstalker|Christine Pelisek, Chris Lee|July 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Mr Bardo undertook the task of piloting the Clyde, and as she was the inshore ship, she was to move first.
The Ferryman of Brill|William H. G. Kingston
Every generous soul must heartily despise Tito Melema for basely disposing of Bardo's library for lucre.
Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864|Various

The tonsor inequalis is inevitably betrayed when he takes the shears in his hand; is it not true, Messer Bardo?
Romola|George Eliot
From what quarter of the sky has this pretty Greek youngster alighted so close to thy chair, Bardo?
Romola|George Eliot
Bardo sank backward again, too delicate to ask another question that might probe a sorrow which he divined to be recent.
Romola|George Eliot

British Dictionary definitions for bardo

bardo

/ (ˈbɑːdəʊ) /

noun (often capital)

(in Tibetan Buddhism) the state of the soul between its death and its rebirth

Word Origin for bardo

Tibetan bardo between two

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