temple name

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Etymology

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Calque of Chinese 廟號庙号 (miàohào). The temple ( (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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temple name (plural temple names)

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

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