Jain
noun[C]
uk/dʒaɪn//dʒeɪn/us/dʒaɪn//dʒeɪn/someone whobelievesinJainism(= areligionoriginallyfromIndia):
ThestrictestJains will noteatcarrotsorgarlic.
Like Hindus, Jainsbelieveinkarma.
- He is a Jain, and does notbelieveinkillinganimals.
- The Jains areknownfortheirstrictvegetarianism.
- Einsteinonceexpressedawishto be reborn as a Jain.
Religions & religious groups
- Abrahamic
- African Methodist Episcopal Church
- AME
- anti-Catholicism
- anti-Christianity
- established
- evangelicalism
- faith-based
- Free Church
- neo-paganism
- non-established
- paganism
- Pentecostalism
- Pentecostalist
- Sufic
- Sufism
- Sunni
- super-church
- Taoism
- the Episcopal Church
Jain
adjective
uk/dʒaɪn//dʒeɪn/us/dʒaɪn//dʒeɪn/relatingtoJainism(= areligionoriginallyfromIndia)or to Jains:
Wevisiteda Jaintemple.
All thepeopleweremembersof the Jainfaith.
- Followers of the Jainreligionavoideatinggarlicandonionon adailybasis.
- Welearnedsome Jainmeditationtechniques.
- Some Jainsectsextendedtheirreligiousordersto women.
Religions & religious groups
- Abrahamic
- African Methodist Episcopal Church
- AME
- anti-Catholicism
- anti-Christianity
- established
- evangelicalism
- faith-based
- Free Church
- neo-paganism
- non-established
- paganism
- Pentecostalism
- Pentecostalist
- Sufic
- Sufism
- Sunni
- super-church
- Taoism
- the Episcopal Church