供ぐ奉ぶ僧そう

noun

monk attending the principal image of a temple

Historical Buddhist role; a monk who serves and cares for the main object of worship (honzon) in a temple.

• その寺てらでは、供ぐ奉ぶ僧そうが毎まい朝あさ本ほん尊ぞんに給きゅう仕じしていた。

  At that temple, the attending monk served the principal image every morning.

noun

Buddhist monk serving at an attached Shinto shrine

Historical role in the syncretic shinbutsu-shūgō context; a Buddhist monk assigned to a shrine associated with a temple.

• 供ぐ奉ぶ僧そうは神じん社じゃに詰つめて、読経どきょうなどの勤つとめを果はたした。

  The monk serving at the shrine performed duties such as sutra chanting.