‖ talapoin
(ˈtæləpɔɪn)
Forms: 6 tallipoie, 7–8 tallapoi(e, 7 talapoi, talopoy, talipoy, telapoi; 8 talopoin, 9 telapoon, 7– talapoin.
[ad. Pg. talapão, ad. Talaing (Old Peguan) tala pôi ‘my lord’, the title of a Buddhist monk, corresponding (in use) to Burmese p‘ôngyî. (Sir R. C. Temple in Indian Antiq. XXXIX. 159.)]
1. A Buddhist monk or priest, properly of Pegu; extended by Europeans to those of Siam (Thailand), Burma, and other Buddhist countries.
| 1586 R. Fitch in Hakl. Voy. (1599) II. 261 There are..many goodly houses for the Tallipoies to preach in. 1613 Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 464 They..hidde themselues in woods and wildernesses, and some turned Talopoyes: so they call their religious persons. 1634 Sir T. Herbert Trav. 195 The Priests [of Pegu] are called Tallapois. 1696 J. Ovington Voy. Surat 593 These Religious they call Telapoi, who are not unlike Mendicant Fryers, living upon the Alms of the People. 1713 Berkeley Guard. No. 3 ¶3 The Telapoins of Siam have a book of scripture written by Sommonocodom. 1752 Hume Ess. & Treat. (1809) II. 463 The excessive penances of the Brachmans and Talapoins. 1800 Misc. Tr. in Asiat. Ann. Reg. 43/1 Those philosophical begging monks, known under the name of Talapoins, who, in the first century of the Christian æra, emigrated from India, and introduced the religion of Buddha, or Goutama, in Pegu, Siam, China, and Japan. 1858 Bp. Bigandet Life Gaudama (1866) 483 The Phongies, or Budhist Monks, sometimes called Talapoins. |
2. Zool. (In full talapoin monkey.) A small West African monkey, Cercopithecus talapoin.
| 1774 Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) IV. 234 The eighth is the Talapoin;..distinguished..by its beautiful variety of green, white, and yellow hair. 1827 Griffith tr. Cuvier's Anim. Kingd., Syn. Mam. 11 The Talapoin Monkey..inhabits Africa. 1868 Museum Nat. Hist. I. 30 The mone (Cercopithecus Mona) is a species nearly allied to the talapoin. 1896 List Anim. Zool. Soc. 7 Cercopithecus talapoin... Talapoin Monkey. Hab. West Africa. |