院いん主じゅ

noun

head of a temple

Refers to the chief priest or abbot of a Buddhist temple. A formal title within a religious context.

• その寺てらの院いん主じゅは、毎まい朝あさ早はやくに起おきてお経きょうを読よむ。

  The head of that temple wakes up early every morning to chant sutras.