供ぐ僧そう

noun

monk attending the principal image

Abbreviation of 供奉僧. Refers to a monk who serves and cares for the main object of worship in a Buddhist temple.

See also: 供奉僧

• 供ぐ僧そうは毎まい朝あさ、本ほん尊ぞんに花はなを供そなえる。

  The attending monk offers flowers to the principal image every morning.

noun

Buddhist monk at a Shinto shrine

Historical term for a Buddhist monk assigned to serve at a shrine, reflecting the syncretic shinbutsu-shūgō practice.

• かつては供ぐ僧そうが神じん社じゃで読経どきょうを行おこなっていた。

  In the past, Buddhist monks serving at shrines would chant sutras there.