Etymology

temple name

Today it means: A variant posthumous name used in China and occasionally other East Asian cultures for ritual worship at a dynasty's ancestral temple. Full definition →

Chinese 廟號 /庙号
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  1. Chinese · calque of廟號 /庙号
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Calque of Chinese 廟號 /庙号 (miàohào). The temple (廟 /庙 (miào)) refers to the grand temples (太廟 /太庙 (tàimiào)) built by each dynasty for ancestor worship where each deceased monarch's temple name was recorded on their ancestral tablet in the grand temple.

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