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prayer flag

noun

Meaning

  1. A colourful rectangular cloth hung from a thread and strung along mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas by practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism to bless the surrounding countryside or for other purposes.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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