教きょう祖そ

noun

founder of a religious sect

Refers specifically to the person who established a religious group or denomination. Can also be used metaphorically for the originator of a movement or school of thought.

• この宗しゅう派はの教きょう祖そは江え戸ど時じ代だいの僧そう侶りょです。

  The founder of this sect was a monk in the Edo period.

• 彼かれは新あたらしい精せい神しん運うん動どうの教きょう祖そと見みなされている。

  He is regarded as the founder of a new spiritual movement.