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Subud

/ˈsʊbʊd/

Subud proper noun: an international spiritual movement that began in Indonesia in the 1920s.

Proper noun

Subud

  1. An international spiritual movement that began in Indonesia in the 1920s.
    • In 1970 the American scholar Jacob Needleman, in his book The New Religions, could write that Subud is the most widespread of all the new teachings, being spread in more than 60 countries throughout the world.1997, Antoon Geels, Subud and the Javanese Mystical Tradition, Curzon, →ISBN, page 131

Origin of Subud

Contraction of Javanese susila budhi dharma.

Questions about Subud

What does Subud mean?
Subud means an international spiritual movement that began in Indonesia in the 1920s.
What part of speech is Subud?
Subud is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Subud?
Subud is pronounced /ˈsʊbʊd/.

Words near Subud in the dictionary

  1. subtyping
  2. subtypings
  3. Subu
  4. subucula
  5. subuculae
  6. Subud
  7. subula
  8. subulae
  9. subulate
  10. subulated
  11. subulately

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