順じゅん縁えん

noun

favorable condition for entering the priesthood

Buddhist term referring to circumstances conducive to ordination or monastic life.

• 順じゅん縁えんに恵めぐまれて、彼かれは若わかくして出しゅっ家けした。

  Blessed with favorable conditions, he entered the priesthood at a young age.

noun

dying in order from oldest to youngest

Rare, extended use outside Buddhism; refers to the natural order of death where older family members pass away before younger ones.

• 祖そ父ふ母ぼから順じゅん縁えんで亡なくなったため、葬そう儀ぎが続つづいた。

  Because they died in order from oldest to youngest, funerals followed one after another.