มหาเถร

Thai

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Definitions
  • senior priest.
  • chief priest.

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali mahāthera borrowed from Old Khmer mahāthera com from Thai มหา (great, grand, etc, high, major) + Thai เถร (senior priest, high priest, priest have)+ Thai having been ordained for 10 years or more.

Origin

Thai

having been ordained for 10 years or more

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