bardo

[ bahr-doh ]

noun

, (often initial capital letter)

, plural bar·dos.

1. (in Lamaism) the state of the soul between death and rebirth.

bardo

/ ˈbɑːdəʊ /

noun

1. (in Tibetan Buddhism) the state of the soul between its death and its rebirth

Word History and Origins

Origin of bardo¹

First recorded in 1625–30, bardo is from the Tibetan word bár-do “between two” (i.e., a transition, intermediate state)

Word History and Origins

Origin of bardo¹

Tibetan bardo between two

Example Sentences

So now we’ve settled for a small stretch of unoccupied wall and carpet between galleries — a noisy little bardo hovering between eras of her career.

From Washington Post

Bardo is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole.

From The Daily Beast

Mr Bardo undertook the task of piloting the Clyde, and as she was the inshore ship, she was to move first.

From Project Gutenberg

Every generous soul must heartily despise Tito Melema for basely disposing of Bardo's library for lucre.

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The tonsor inequalis is inevitably betrayed when he takes the shears in his hand; is it not true, Messer Bardo?

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From what quarter of the sky has this pretty Greek youngster alighted so close to thy chair, Bardo?

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Bardo sank backward again, too delicate to ask another question that might probe a sorrow which he divined to be recent.

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