Lingayat
[ ling-gah-yit ]
/ lɪŋˈgɑ yɪt /
noun Hinduism.
a member of the Lingayata cult.
Origin of Lingayat
1665–75; < Kannada
lingāyata; see
lingam
Example sentences from the Web for lingayat
They profess to be Saivites, because they are the disciples of the Lingayat priest at Gurupūr.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India |Edgar Thurston