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Definition of Bonze
1. n. A Buddhist or Fohist priest, monk, or nun.
Definition of Bonze
1. Noun. A Buddhist priest in Japan. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bonze
1. a Buddhist monk [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bonze
Literary usage of Bonze
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Kingdom and People of Siam: With a Narrative of the Mission to that by John Bowring (1857)
"Then the introducing bonze subjects him to the following interrogations:— bonze.
... bonze. Have magicians exercised over you an evil influence ? Cand. ..."
2. The Pursuits of Literature: A Satirical Poem in Four Dialogues, with Notes by Thomas James Mathias (1801)
"... Veda, Priest, or bonze,) And by a. Doctor of the Church whose office it is to
declare, pronounce, and enforce the doctrine of moral reformation. ..."
3. China: Its Costume, Arts, Manufactures, &c. by Henri-Léonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin (1813)
"A bonze WHO HAS MADE A VOW TO GO A CERTAIN NUMBER OF MILES ON ALL-FOURS. THERE are
no postures, however uneasy, no sufferings, however exquisite, ..."
4. Recollections of Baron Gros's Embassy to China and Japan in 1857-58 by Moges (Alfred), marquis de Moges, Alfred Moges (1861)
"The Bay of Yedo.—Death of the Civil Emperor.—The Embassy takes up its quarters
in a bonze-house.—Tl.o Official Town.—The Business Town. ..."
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