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Definition 2024

ancestral_shrine

ancestral shrine

English

Noun

ancestral shrine ‎(plural ancestral shrines)

A temple dedicated to deified ancestors and progenitors of surname lineages or families in Chinese folk religion.

Synonyms

Translations

Chinese temple dedicated to defied ancestors and progenitors

Chinese:
Mandarin: 祠堂 (zh) ‎(cítáng), 宗祠 (zh) ‎(zōngcí), 宗廟 (zh), 宗庙 (zh) ‎(zōngmiào) (for royal or noble families), 祖廟 (zh), 祖庙 (zh) ‎(zǔmiào)

Finnish: esi-isille omistettu temppeli
Russian: