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Definition[1]

Buddhism; the teaching or school of Śākyamuni. 

Source
A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[2]

指釋尊所說之教法。與「佛教」同義,然則特用此稱者,源於我國古來佛教與道教並稱時,各取其教祖之名,稱為釋老,遂稱釋教。如弘明集卷十一孔稚珪書并答云(大五二‧七三中):「情於釋老,非敢異同。」又如魏書等置釋老志,皆屬其例。〔開元釋教錄卷一、元史本紀第九、第十二、明史西域列傳第二一九〕

Source
佛光電子大辭典
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