宗そう廟びょう

noun

ancestral shrine; mausoleum

Refers to a shrine or mausoleum dedicated to ancestors, often used in historical, Confucian, or imperial contexts. The Imperial mausoleum sense is a specific application.

• 宗そう廟びょうは先せん祖ぞを祀まつるための重じゅう要ような施し設せつだ。

  An ancestral shrine is an important facility for honoring one's ancestors.

• 歴れき代だい天皇てんのうの宗そう廟びょうは京きょう都とにある。

  The imperial mausoleum for successive emperors is in Kyoto.