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Theravada

noun
🔊/ˌθerəˈvɑːdə/
🔊/ˌθerəˈvɑːdə/
(also Theravada Buddhism)
[uncountable]
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  1. one of the two major forms of Buddhism上座部（佛教部派） compare MahayanaTopics Religion and festivalsc2
    Word Originfrom Pali (an ancient Indian language) theravāda, literally ‘doctrine of the elders’, from thera ‘elder, old’ + vāda ‘speech, doctrine’.