temple name
temple name noun: a variant posthumous name used in China and occasionally other East Asian cultures for ritual worship at a dynasty's ancestral temple.
Noun
temple name (plural temple names)
- A variant posthumous name used in China and occasionally other East Asian cultures for ritual worship at a dynasty's ancestral temple.
- The posthumous names of early Chinese rulers were often variations of a few words like "the martial one" 武 (wǔ), "the literary one" 文, and "the filial one" 孝 (xiào), but by the Tang they had become so long that people began using rulers' temple names or era names instead.
- Synonyms:
- temple title
temple name meaning in Vietnamese
temple name in Vietnamese
- variant posthumous name used in East Asian imperial temples
- miếu hiệu
Synonyms of temple name
Forms of temple name
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Origin of temple name
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.
Questions about temple name
- What does temple name mean?
- Temple name means a variant posthumous name used in China and occasionally other East Asian cultures for ritual worship at a dynasty's ancestral temple.
- What is temple name in Vietnamese?
- Temple name in Vietnamese is miếu hiệu. See Temple name meaning in Vietnamese.
- What part of speech is temple name?
- Temple name is a noun.
- What is the plural of temple name?
- The plural of temple name is temple names.
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