noun
Buddhist saint; venerable one; guest of honor
Primarily a Buddhist honorific for a highly respected monk or saint. Also used more broadly for a person of high repute or an honored guest, though the Buddhist sense is the most common.
あの尊者は多くの弟子を導いた。
That venerable monk guided many disciples.
彼は村の尊者として尊敬されている。
He is respected as a man of high repute in the village.
From Chinese 尊者 (zūnzhě), literally 'honored one'. The term was adopted into Japanese Buddhist vocabulary to refer to saints or highly venerated monks.