奉ほう承しょう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

reverently receive (an order, etc.)

Obsolete term for receiving something, especially an order or command, with deep respect. Modern Japanese would use 承る (うけたまわる) or 謹んで受ける.

See also: 承る (うけたまわる)

• 古ふるい文ぶん書しょでは、主しゅ君くんの命めいを奉ほう承しょうするという表ひょう現げんが見みられる。

  In old documents, one can find the expression 'to reverently receive one's lord's command'.