僧そう籍せき

noun

priesthood registry; Buddhist monk register

Buddhist term referring to the official register or record of ordained monks. Used in contexts of entering or leaving the priesthood.

• 彼かれは僧そう籍せきに入はいってから十じゅう年ねんになる。

  It has been ten years since he entered the priesthood registry.

• 僧そう籍せきを離はなれて俗ぞく人じんに戻もどった。

  He left the monk register and returned to lay life.