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prayer flags

prayer flags is the plural of prayer flag.

Meaning of prayer flag

Noun

prayer flag (plural prayer flags)

  1. A colourful rectangular cloth hung from a thread and strung along mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas by practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism to bless the surrounding countryside or for other purposes.
    • On the final night of his journey, he strung up the inflated balloons at Duchala, a sacred mountain pass at 10,000 feet, bobbing amidst Buddhist prayer flags.2011 November 6, Maria Popova, “'Balloons for Bhutan': Jonathan Harris Documents Happiness”, in The Atlantic
    Synonyms:
    thangka

Questions about prayer flags

What is prayer flags the plural of?
Prayer flags is the plural of prayer flag.

Words near prayer flags in the dictionary

  1. prayer card
  2. prayer cards
  3. prayer circle
  4. prayer circles
  5. prayer flag
  6. prayer flags
  7. prayer for relief
  8. prayer mat
  9. prayer mats
  10. prayer meeting
  11. prayer meetings

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