主典さかん

noun

secretary (ritsuryō system)

Lowest of the four administrative ranks (四等官) in the ritsuryō system; a historical bureaucratic position.

See also: 四等官

• 主典さかんは律りつ令りょう制せいの四し等とう官かんの一ひとつで、文ぶん書しょ作さく成せいや記き録ろくを担たん当とうした。

  The sakan was one of the four ranks in the ritsuryō system, responsible for drafting documents and keeping records.

noun

shrine official (below negi)

Only with reading しゅてん

Obsolete term for a shrine official ranking below a negi (禰宜); used only with the reading しゅてん.

See also: 禰宜

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには、しゅてんという神じん社じゃの役やく職しょくが記しるされている。

  In old documents, the shrine post called shuten is recorded.