Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The tenets of the Brahmo-Somaj.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The religious system of Brahmo-somaj.
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- proper noun A
religious movement ofBengal in the late 18th century.
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This teaching, called Brahmoism, from Brahma, the purest and highest of Hindoo divinities, is, under another form, the
Pioneers and Founders or, Recent Workers in the Mission field Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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To meet criticism that Brahmoism was really Christianity in disguise, their disciples could demonstrate that their religion had deep roots in the soil of Bengali tradition.
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To meet criticism that Brahmoism was really Christianity in disguise, their disciples could demonstrate that their religion had deep roots in the soil of Bengali tradition.
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