礼れい部ぶ

noun

Ministry of Rites (Tang dynasty China)

Historical term for one of the Six Ministries in Tang China, overseeing ceremonies, diplomacy, and state rituals. Also used in later Chinese dynasties and adapted in pre-modern Japan.

See also: 六部 (りくぶ)

• 唐とう代だいの礼れい部ぶは、国こっ家かの儀ぎ式しきや外がい交こうを司つかさどった。

  The Ministry of Rites in the Tang dynasty oversaw state ceremonies and diplomacy.

• 日本にほんの律りつ令りょう制せいでも、礼れい部ぶに相そう当とうする役やく所しょが置おかれた。

  In Japan's ritsuryō system, an office equivalent to the Ministry of Rites was established.