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Definition of Bonzes
1. bonze [n] - See also: bonze
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bonzes
Literary usage of Bonzes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Journey Through the Chinese Empire by Evariste Régis Huc (1871)
"... by the Chinese Government—Formulas of Skepticism—Condition of the bonzes of
... of the Monastery—Visit to the Superior of the bonzes—Profound Respect of ..."
2. A History of the Missions in Japan and Paraguay by Cecilia Mary Caddell (1856)
"Extraordinary conversion of two principal bonzes. ... famous as the principal
gathering-place of the bonzes, and the residence of the Jaco, their spiritual ..."
3. The Universal Magazine (1795)
"The bonzes, determined. The idol imagined, that a care, on the faith of the ...
The lat- its temple was razed ; and the bonzes, ter, after having heard the ..."
4. Christianity in China, Tartary and Thibet by Evariste Régis Huc (1857)
"HE FOUNDS AN ESTABLISHMENT NOT FAR FROM TCHAO- TCHEOU. FIRST AND SINGULAR DISCIPLE
OF FATHER RICCI. THE MISSIONARIES CHANGE THE COSTUME OF THE bonzes FOR ..."
5. An Asylum for Fugitive Pieces: In Prose and Verse, Not in Any Other by John Almon (1798)
"The bonzes of this country are fo extraordinary a race of men, and bear fo
important a part in the following narrative, that I cannot bring you too foon ..."
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