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bonze
[ bonz ]
/ bɒnz /
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noun
a Buddhist monk, especially of Japan or China.
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Origin of bonze
1580–90; <Middle French <Portuguese bonzo or New Latin bonzius<Japanese bonsō, bonzō ordinary priest (bon- ordinary + sō priest <Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese fán-sēng); or <dialectal Japanese bonzu for bōzu priest
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British Dictionary definitions for bonze
bonze
/ (bɒnz) /
noun
a Chinese or Japanese Buddhist priest or monk
Word Origin for bonze
C16: from French, from Portuguese bonzo, from Japanese bonsō, from Sanskrit bon + sō priest or monk
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