Bön

[bohn]

noun

a shamanistic Tibetan sect, absorbed by the first Buddhist sects of the 7th century and later.

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British Dictionary definitions for bön

Bon

noun

Also called: Feast of Lanterns, Festival of Lanterns an annual festival celebrated by Japanese Buddhists

the pre-Buddhist priests of Tibet or one such priest
their religion

Word Origin for Bon

from Japanese bon, originally Urabon, from Sanskrit ullambana hanging upside down

Bon

noun

Cape Bon a peninsula of NE Tunisia

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Word Origin and History for bön

bon

French, literally "good" (adj.), from Latin bonus "good" (see bene-). It has crossed the Channel in phrases such as bon apétit (1860), literally "good appetite;" bon-ton (1744) "good style;" bon mot.