The English term bonze is a corruption of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [BUDDHISM] Reference

One day a fairy in the disguise of a bonze called upon him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chinese Folk-Lore Tales] Reference

The broom, with which the bonze sweepeth the hill, is sunk in snow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference

"Were you to die," added Pao-yü laughingly, "I shall become a bonze.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference

After protracted thought, some made a guess, by saying it was a bonze.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference

The bonze for mercy I shall thank; under the lotus altar shave my pate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference

“Were you to die,” added Pao-yü laughingly, “I shall become a bonze.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hung Lou Meng] Reference

Noguchi has the wiry frame, gleaming pate and warm smile of a contented bonze.    From Wordnik.com.  [精進料理 (しょうじんりょうり): Vegetarian Japanese cuisine] Reference

The bonze replied that this was a peculiar case, calling for special treatment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chinese Folk-Lore Tales] Reference

The result was that months went by and the bonze still remained with him as his guest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chinese Folk-Lore Tales] Reference

At length the day came when the bonze announced that he must proceed upon his journey.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chinese Folk-Lore Tales] Reference

At last Matsou-San and Donata-San make their appearance from the tranquil depths of their bonze-house.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

Lucky enough, we eventually came across a bald-pated bonze, whose speciality was the cure of nameless illnesses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference

"It has a name," replied Pao Ch'ai; "the mangy-headed bonze also told it me; he called it 'cold fragrance' pill.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference

A few months after the good bonze had left them, a series of disasters fell with crushing effect upon the house of Meng.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chinese Folk-Lore Tales] Reference

"You mustn't be inquisitive," the bonze replied, with a smile, "in days to come you'll certainly understand everything.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference

He was conducted by his bearers to the largest temple in the city, where a yellow-robed bonze was in waiting to receive him.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference

Upon walking in, he at a glance caught sight of no one else, but of a very aged bonze, of unkempt appearance, cooking his rice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference

These words did not escape Shih-yin's ear; but persuaded that they amounted to raving talk, he paid no heed whatever to the bonze.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference

‘I promise myself a peculiar pleasure in emptying my revolver into that young bonze when next we meet,’ was the unchristian answer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kim] Reference

This apartment had three naves, like a basilica, which were separated by columns of sandalwood, whose capitals were of sculptured bonze.    From Wordnik.com.  [Herodias] Reference

The distinction between bonze and layman disappeared.    From Wordnik.com.  [A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era] Reference

A still more illustrious bonze was Ryoken, of Nanzen-ji.    From Wordnik.com.  [A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era] Reference

Tradition ascribes to a Chinese bonze, who called himself.    From Wordnik.com.  [A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era] Reference

Josetsu (end of 14th century), bonze of Shokoku-ji, painter.    From Wordnik.com.  [A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era] Reference

Myoe (or Koben), bonze, quotation from his biography on Yasutoki.    From Wordnik.com.  [A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era] Reference

Doryu's death he invited (1278) from China a famous bonze, Chu Yuan.    From Wordnik.com.  [A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era] Reference

This bonze had been the leading figure in an extraordinary romance of real life.    From Wordnik.com.  [A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era] Reference

India improve move from bonze to silver (Second of the series on Hockey World Cup).    From Wordnik.com.  [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference

As soon as he was gone, the cunning old bonze blew it out and sold it to the next comer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Old Jack] Reference

Every bonze held in his hand a box filled with incense matches, one of which he lighted as soon as its predecessor was extinguished.    From Wordnik.com.  [Old Jack] Reference