temple name

English

Etymology

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.

Noun

temple name (plural temple names)

A posthumous title of a Chinese, Korean or Vietnamese emperor.
Synonym: temple title

Translations

posthumous title of a Chinese, Korean or Vietnamese emperor

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 廟號／庙号 (zh) (miàohào)
Finnish: temppelinimi
French: nom de temple m
Japanese: 廟号 (びょうごう, byōgō)
Korean: 묘호(廟號) (ko) (myoho)
Russian: хра́мовое и́мя n (xrámovoje ímja)
Spanish: nombre de templo m
Swedish: tempelnamn n
Vietnamese: miếu hiệu (vi)

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