Head priest - Kanshu
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It can also be read as "kansu" and written as "kanshu" or "kanshu." It means the head of a particular sect or school. It was first used to refer to the head priest of the Tendai sect, and then it was applied mainly to priests, and later it came to be used to refer to the head temples of each sect and the chief priests of various large temples. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information |
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「かんす」とも読み，管主，貫首と書く場合がある。一宗一派の頭領の意。天台座主をさして用いられてから，おもに僧職に適用され，のち各宗の本山や，諸大寺の住持の呼称となった。
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