noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
ordination; entering the priesthood; becoming a monk
Buddhist term for formally becoming a monk or nun through an ordination ceremony. Used as a noun or with する to describe the act of entering the priesthood.
彼は二十歳で得度した。
He was ordained at the age of twenty.
得度式は厳かに執り行われた。
The ordination ceremony was solemnly conducted.