The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (876 page)

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Goy
(non-Jewish person)
:
Goyim
(non-Jewish people)
:
Gozan
(Jap., ‘five mountains’). The five major
Zen
temples designated by the Japanese government, in order of precedence (though this order changed from time to time). Initially (14th cent.) they were in
Kamakura
: Kench
ji, Engakuji, Jufukuji, J
chiji, J
my
ji. Later in the same century, five further temples were designated in
Ky
to
: Tenryuji, Sh
kokuji, Kenninji, T
kufuji, Manjuji.

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