贈ぞう位い

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

conferral of a posthumous rank

Refers to the act of bestowing a court rank or honor upon a deceased person. Used in historical and formal contexts.

• 明めい治じ時じ代だいに、功こう績せきのあった人じん物ぶつに贈ぞう位いが行おこなわれた。

  In the Meiji period, posthumous ranks were conferred on people of merit.

• 彼かれの