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temple name

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.42 in modern English

Syllables
tem-ple -name
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A variant posthumous name used in China and occasionally other East Asian cultures for ritual worship at a dynasty's ancestral temple.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 廟號 /庙号 (miàohào). The temple (廟 /庙 (miào)) refers to the grand temples (太廟 /太庙 (tàimiào)) built by each dynasty for ancestor worship where each deceased monarch's temple name was recorded on their ancestral tablet in the grand temple.

Inflected Forms

temple names (plural)

Synonyms

temple title

Questions

What does temple name mean?
A variant posthumous name used in China and occasionally other East Asian cultures for ritual worship at a dynasty's ancestral temple.
Where does temple name come from?
Calque of Chinese 廟號 /庙号 (miàohào). The temple (廟 /庙 (miào)) refers to the grand temples (太廟 /太庙 (tàimiào)) built by each dynasty for ancestor worship where each deceased monarch's temple name was recorded on their ancestral tablet in the grand temple.

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