門もん派ぱ

noun

branch of a religious sect; school of thought

Refers to a subdivision within a larger religious or philosophical tradition, such as a Buddhist sect or a school of Confucianism.

• この寺じ院いんは禅ぜん宗しゅうの門もん派ぱの一ひとつに属ぞくしている。

  This temple belongs to one of the branches of the Zen sect.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、儒じゅ学がくの門もん派ぱがいくつか栄さかえた。

  During the Edo period, several schools of Confucianism flourished.