Lingayat

[ ling-gah-yit ]

noun

, Hinduism.

1. a member of the Lingayata cult.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Lingayat¹

1665–75; < Kannada lingāyata; lingam

Example Sentences

They profess to be Saivites, because they are the disciples of the Lingayat priest at Gurupūr.

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