Follower - Monto

Japanese: 門徒 - もんと

〘noun〙① A person who is associated with a disciple. Disciple. ※Shoreishu-2 (around 835) Monument of the late Sancho Kokushi at the Qinglong Temple in the Great Tang Dynasty: "The disciples would always say, <abbreviated> My teacher's solicitations are fascinating." ※Bunkidan (around 1283) 1: "Kotoki was very good at training and many people today have followed this lineage. Nobles and warriors are his disciples." [Book of the Later Han - Biography of Zheng Xuan] ② A believer in a temple of the same sect. A parishioner. Or a temple under the head priest of that sect. It also refers to a sect that has split off within a sect and the followers who belong to it. ※Kanchiin Hon Sanbo-e (984) bottom: "The disciples have come to this temple and hold these meetings." [Tokyo Mukaroku - Volume 10] ③ In particular, a believer of the Jodo Shinshu sect. It also refers to the Jodo Shinshu sect. Monto sect. ※Rennyo Shonin's Itokuki (1524) "Even at that time, the number of monks was thriving." ※Ukiyo-zoshi: The Twenty Filthy Filial Piety of the Japanese Empire (1686) 3 "The Jodo sect celebrates the 28th day, but the monto sect (Monto) calls it a day of fasting."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 門下につらなる人。門人。※性霊集‐二（835頃）大唐青龍寺故三朝国師碑「常告門徒曰。〈略〉我師之勧誘、妙趣在茲也」※文机談（1283頃）一「孝時はきりゃうもいみじく稽古もいたれるによりて、当世の人おほくこの流をくめり。公家・武家、かれが門徒なり」〔後漢書‐鄭玄伝〕② 宗門を同じくする寺の信者。檀徒。あるいは、その宗門の門跡の下に属する寺院。また、一宗の中で分派をみた門派とそれに属する徒輩をもいう。※観智院本三宝絵（984）下「その門徒此寺につたはりすみて此会をとりおこなふ」〔東京夢華録‐巻一〇〕③ 特に、浄土真宗の信徒。また、浄土真宗をさしてもいう。門徒宗。※蓮如上人遺徳記（1524）「当時に至て門徒も繁昌し」※浮世草子・本朝二十不孝（1686）三「浄土は二十八日を祝ふに門徒(モント)は精進日といへり」

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