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Jodo

American  
[jaw-daw] / ˈdʒɔ dɔ /

noun

Japanese.
  1. Pure Land.


Jodo British  
/ ˈdʒəʊˌdəʊ /

noun

  1. a Japanese Buddhist sect teaching salvation through faith in Buddha

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Etymology

Origin of Jodo

from Japanese

Example Sentences

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In late 2022, Gandhi led the “Bharat Jodo Yatra,” or “Unite India March,” from Kanyakumari, a coastal town on the southernmost tip of India, to Indian-controlled Kashmir.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2024

Gandhi set off for the “Bharat Jodo Yatra,” or “Unite India March,” in Kanyakumari, a coastal town that is the southernmost tip of India, on Sept. 7.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 24, 2022

He was speaking as Congress's Bharat Jodo Yatra, or march to unite India, arrived in the district of Ballari in the southern state of Karnataka.

From Reuters • Oct. 17, 2022

The founder centuries ago of Jodo Shinshu, Gibbs said, was a physician, and there is an emphasis on science and healing.

From Washington Post • Aug. 10, 2021

I got some information about them from the Sho-Eko-Ho-Kwan,—a book used by the Jodo sect.

From In Ghostly Japan by Hearn, Lafcadio