自じ宗しゅう

noun

one's own religious sect

Refers to the Buddhist sect or religious denomination to which one belongs. Used in contexts comparing or distinguishing one's own sect from others.

• 彼かれは自じ宗しゅうの教おしえを深ふかく信しんじている。

  He deeply believes in the teachings of his own sect.

• 自じ宗しゅうの儀ぎ式しきに従したがって葬そう儀ぎを行おこなった。

  They held the funeral according to the rites of their own sect.