mantra - definition, synonyms and pronunciation

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a commonly repeated word or phrase“she repeated ‘So pleased with how it's going’ at intervals like a mantra”Type of motto, slogan
(Sanskrit) literally a ‘sacred utterance’ in Vedism; one of a collection of orally transmitted poetic hymnsType of sacred text, sacred writing

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Man′tra noun

Origin: Skr.

A prayer; an invocation; a religious formula; a charm. India

☞ Among the Hindoos each caste and tribe has a mantra peculiar to itself; as, the mantra of the Brahmans. Edward Balfour

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54