Jō

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Jō (Jap., ‘meditation’). Buddhist concentration and meditation; also (a different Jap. word), a vehicle, i.e. a means of carrying people to salvation or nirvāna; jōjō is the highest teaching.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions JOHN BOWKER

JO

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JO job order
• (ital.) Journal Officiel (French: Official Gazette)
• junior officer
• British vehicle registration for Oxford

The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH

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