Definition of Bonze. Meaning of Bonze. Synonyms of Bonze

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Definition of Bonze

Bonze
Bonze Bon"ze (b[o^]n"z[-e]; 277), n. [Pg. bonzo, fr. Japan. b[=o]zu a Buddhist priest: cf. F. bonze.] A Buddhist or Fohist priest, monk, or nun. Note: The name was given by the Portuguese to the priests of Japan, and has since been applied to the priests of China, Cochin China, and the neighboring countries.

Meaning of Bonze from wikipedia

- from East Asia and French Indochina, were often referred to by the term bonze. This term is derived from Portuguese and French from ****anese bonsō 'priest...
- Bonze Adventure, known in ****an as Jigoku Meguri (地獄めぐり, lit. "**** Tour"), is a platform game developed by Taito and released in arcades in 1988. A PC...
- early 1970s rock writer "Metal" Mike Saunders, his sibling lead guitarist Bonze Blayk and Gregg Turner (another rock writer, for Creem from the late 1970s...
- Umibōzu (海坊主, "sea priest") is a giant, black, human-like being and is the figure of a yōkai from ****anese folklore. Other names include Umihōshi (海法師...
- across a bonze. The man asked him where he came from. The bonze replied he came from the man's house. The man said that he had never seen the bonze before...
- found the self-immolations to be surreal and made puns about "bonze fires" and "hot cross bonzes". In one instance in 1963, the young son of an American officer...
- converted to Christianity. After the wedding ceremony, her uninvited uncle, a bonze, who has found out about her conversion, comes to the house, curses her...
- that describes sunshine, and a bōzu is a Buddhist monk (compare the word bonze), or in modern slang, "bald-headed"; bōzu is also used as a term of endearment...
- of the nobility and the commercial class, have a literary education. The bonzes, or bonzesses, in their monasteries teach letters to the girls and boys...
- garçon. Neuf Sikhs se pansent (Sing a Song of Sixpence) and Hâte, carrosse bonzes (Hot Cross Buns). A similar work in German-English is Mörder Guss Reims:...