大だい僧そう正じょう

noun

high priest; archbishop

A high-ranking Buddhist priest, often the head of a major temple or sect. In some contexts, it corresponds to an archbishop.

• 彼かれはその宗しゅう派はの大だい僧そう正じょうに任にん命めいされた。

  He was appointed high priest of that sect.

• 大だい僧そう正じょうは重じゅう要ような儀ぎ式しきを執とり行おこなった。

  The high priest performed an important ceremony.