ˈten|dī noun
( -s )
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: Japanese, from Chinese (Pekingese) t'ien 1 t'ai 2 t'ien t'ai, from T'ien 1 T'ai 2 , mountain in Chekiang province, eastern China, where the doctrine was first formulated
: a Japanese Buddhist sect founded in the 9th century A.D. by Dengyo Daishi that is the doctrinal equivalent of the Chinese T'ien T'ai sect