Taeping

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Taiping \Tai"ping"\, or Taeping \Tae"ping"\, a. [Chin. t'aip'ing
     great peace.] (Chinese Hist.)
     Pertaining to or designating a dynasty with which one
     Hung-Siu-Chuen, a half-religious, half-political enthusiast,
     attempted to supplant the Manchu dynasty by the
  


     {Taiping rebellion}, incited by him in 1850 and suppressed by
        General Gordon about 1864.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]