Glossary Term
Risk: Medium- Approved rendering
- কলিসিয়া
- Transliteration
- kalisiya
- Rejected alternatives
- মন্দির (a Vaishnava temple, never use), উমাং লাই থাবা (an Umang Lai sacred grove worship site, never use)
Church
কলিসিয়া (transliterated) refers to the gathered assembly of believers. Must remain clearly distinct from both মন্দির (Vaishnava temple) and the Umang Lai sacred grove, the two most prominent existing worship-site categories in Meitei religious geography.
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