上じょう綱こう

noun, noun, used as a suffix

superclass

Only with reading じょうこう

Biology term for a taxonomic rank above class; used as a noun or suffix in scientific classification.

• 哺ほ乳にゅう類るいは脊せき椎つい動どう物ぶつ上じょう綱こうに属ぞくする。

  Mammals belong to the superclass of vertebrates.

• この分ぶん類るいでは、上じょう綱こうのレベルで分わけられている。

  In this classification, they are divided at the superclass level.

noun

top-ranking priest in the Office of Monastic Affairs

Archaic Buddhist term for a high-ranking priest in the historical Office of Monastic Affairs (僧綱). Rare outside historical or religious contexts.

See also: 僧綱

• 上じょう綱こうは僧そう綱ごうの最さい高こう位いの僧そう侶りょを指さした。

  Jōkō referred to the highest-ranking priest in the Office of Monastic Affairs.