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Japanese
Alternative spelling
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廟號 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
Chinese 廟號/庙号 (miàohào, literally “temple title”)
Pronunciation
Noun
廟号 • (byōgō) ←べうがう (beugau)?
- (historical) a temple name (posthumous names for Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese monarchs, used for worshiping them in their dedicated temples; often contains the characters 祖 (“ancestor”, founder of the dynasty) and 宗 (“lineage”))
See also
- 諡号 (shigō, posthumous name for non-worship purposes)
- 年号 (nengō, era name that can be used as posthumous name)