mantra
1. [ noun ] a commonly repeated word or phrase
Examples:

"she repeated `So pleased with how its going' at intervals like a mantra"

Related terms: motto
2. [ noun ] (Sanskrit) literally a `sacred utterance' in Vedism; one of a collection of orally transmitted poetic hymns
Related terms: sacred_text Buddhism Hinduism
Similar spelling:   mantrap
  Manter
  main_drag
  maunder
  mandrake
  Mandara
  manta_ray