僧そう綱ごう

noun

Office of Monastic Affairs

Historical term for the ancient Buddhist ecclesiastical authority that oversaw monks and nuns in Japan.

• 奈な良ら時じ代だいには僧そう綱ごうが僧そう侶りょの統とう制せいを行おこなっていた。

  In the Nara period, the Office of Monastic Affairs supervised the Buddhist clergy.