Cao Dai

[ kou dahy ]

noun
  1. a syncretic religion, originating in Cochinchina (now part of South Vietnam) in 1926, combining Buddhist, Taoist, and Confucianist elements and affected to some extent by Christianity.

Origin of Cao Dai

1
First recorded in 1935–40; from Vietnamese cao đài, literally, “high tower,” from cao “high, tall, great” + đài “platform, tower,” both from Middle Chinese; compare Mandarin gāo, tái

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