贈おくり号ごう

noun

posthumous Buddhist name

A name given to a deceased person in Japanese Buddhism, typically inscribed on a grave marker or memorial tablet. Often contrasted with 戒名 (kaimyō), which is the precept name received during life or at ordination.

See also: 戒名

• お墓はかには故こ人じんの贈おくり号ごうが刻きざまれている。

  The deceased's posthumous Buddhist name is engraved on the gravestone.

• 僧そう侶りょに贈おくり号ごうを付つけてもらった。

  We had a priest bestow a posthumous Buddhist name.