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butsudan

butsudan noun: a Buddhist shrine, comprising a wooden cabinet with doors that enclose and protect a religious icon.

Noun

butsudan (plural butsudan or butsudans)

  1. A Buddhist shrine, comprising a wooden cabinet with doors that enclose and protect a religious icon.

Forms of butsudan

pluralbutsudan
pluralbutsudans

Origin of butsudan

From Japanese 仏壇 (ぶつだん butsudan), from Middle Chinese 佛 (bjot "Buddha") ＋ 壇 (dan "altar", "platform").

Questions about butsudan

What does butsudan mean?
Butsudan means a Buddhist shrine, comprising a wooden cabinet with doors that enclose and protect a religious icon.
What part of speech is butsudan?
Butsudan is a noun.
What is the plural of butsudan?
The plural of butsudan is butsudan.

Words near butsudan in the dictionary

  1. butralin
  2. butriptyline
  3. buts
  4. Butskellian
  5. Butskellism
  6. butsudan
  7. butsudans
  8. butt
  9. butt and ben
  10. butt bag
  11. butt bags

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