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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 214 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BONZE (from
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Japanese bonzo, probably a mispronunciation of
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Chinese
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fan sung, " religious
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person ")  , the
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European name for the members of the Buddhist religious orders of
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Japan and
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China . The word is loosely used of all the Buddhist priests in those and the neighbouring countries .

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