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1. aga, n.1 View full entry 1542
...In Muslim countries (esp. under the Ottoman Empire): (originally) a military commander or senior officer; (subsequently also) a civil officer or tribal chieftain. Freq. as a title of distinction (e.g. in Turkey...
2. Bairam, n. View full entry 1599
...The name of two Muslim festivals—the Lesser Bairam, lasting three days, which follows the fast of Ramadan, and the Greater Bairam, seventy days later, lasting four days....
3. Bon, n. View full entry 1899
...A Japanese Buddhist festival held annually in August to honour the dead; the Festival of the Dead, or Lantern Festival....
4. Caodaism, n. View full entry 1937
...A syncretistic religion founded in Cochin China in 1926....
5. chedi, n. View full entry 1929
...In Thailand: a Buddhist monument or shrine, esp. a reliquary, often in the form of a bell-shaped base topped with a spire. Cf. prang...
6. chorten, n. View full entry 1891
...= chaitya...
7. feng-shui, n. View full entry 1797
...In Chinese mythology, a system of spirit influences, good and evil, which inhabit the natural features of landscapes; hence, a kind of geomancy for dealing with these influences in determining sites for...
8. fez, n. View full entry 1802-3
...A skull-cap formerly of wool, now of felt, of a dull crimson colour, in the form of a truncated cone, ornamented with a long black tassel; formerly the national head-dress of the...
9. fum, n. View full entry 1820
...A fabulous bird (by Europeans commonly called the phœnix), one of the symbols of the imperial dignity in China....
10. gompa, n. View full entry 1902
...A Tibetan temple or monastery....
11. ho-ho, n. View full entry 1901
...ho-ho bird, a mythical bird of pheasant-like appearance used frequently as an emblem of courage....
12. I Ching, n. View full entry 1876
...The name of an ancient Chinese divination manual, based on symbols known as the eight trigrams and sixty-four hexagrams....
13. Iftar, n. View full entry 1858
...The breaking of the fast, after sunset, during Ramadan; the meal eaten at this time....
14. Islam, n. View full entry 1613
...A Muslim. Now arch. and rare....
15. Jōdo, n. View full entry 1727
...A Japanese Buddhist sect which teaches salvation through absolute faith in the Buddha Amida and constant repetition of a formulaic prayer invoking his name....
16. jong, n.2 View full entry 1904
...A Tibetan building (also, a territorial and administrative division) constituting a prefecture, freq. also serving as a fortress, a monastery, or both....
17. kagura, n. View full entry 1884
...A sacred dance performed at Shinto festivals, one of the oldest dances of Japan; also, one performed at a village shrine on a festive day....
18. kami, n. View full entry 1616
...A title given by the Japanese to daimios and governors, = ‘lord’. Also kami-dana...
19. Khoja, n. View full entry 1625
...A professor or teacher in a Muslim school or college; a schoolmaster; a scribe, clerk....
20. kiack, n. View full entry 1599
...In Burma (Myanmar): a Buddhist temple....
