宗しゅう

noun, noun, used as a suffix

sect; denomination; religious school

Used as a noun or, very commonly, as a suffix after the name of a religious school or denomination. In everyday explanation, 宗派 is often the fuller word.

• この寺てらは何なに宗しゅうですか。

  What denomination is this temple?

• 彼かれの家いえは代だい々だい、浄じょう土ど宗しゅうだ。

  His family has been Jōdo-shū for generations.

noun

tenets of a sect; religious doctrine

A more formal or specialized use referring to the core doctrine or tenets of a religious school; close to 宗旨. It is often clearer in modern Japanese to say 教義 or 宗旨.

See also: 宗旨

• その宗しゅう派はは念ねん仏ぶつを宗しゅうとする。

  That school takes nenbutsu as its central doctrine.