สมเด็จพระราชาคณะ

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Thai

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Etymology

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From สมเด็จ (sǒm-dèt, honorific for gods, priests, royals, etc, literally condition of being supreme in status or power) +‎ พระ (prá, honorific for gods, priests, royals, etc, literally distinguished; divine; excellent; holy; sacred; superior; etc) +‎ ราชาคณะ (raa-chaa-ká-ná, ecclesiastical rank, literally entity chief).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicสมเด็จพระราชาคณะ
s m e ɗ ˘ t͡ɕ b r a r ā d͡ʑ ā g ɳ a
Phonemic
สม-เด็ด-พฺระ-รา-ชา-คะ-นะ
s m – e ɗ ˘ ɗ – b ̥ r a – r ā – d͡ʑ ā – g a – n a
RomanizationPaiboonsǒm-dèt-prá-raa-chaa-ká-ná
Royal Institutesom-det-phra-ra-cha-kha-na
(standard) IPA(key)/som˩˩˦.det̚˨˩.pʰra˦˥.raː˧.t͡ɕʰaː˧.kʰa˦˥.naʔ˦˥/(R)

Noun

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สมเด็จพระราชาคณะ (sǒm-dèt-prá-raa-chaa-ká-ná)

  1. (Buddhism)
    1. the second highest Thai ecclesiastical rank after สังฆราช (sǎng-ká-râat, supreme patriarch), being the highest sub-rank of ราชาคณะ (raa-chaa-ká-ná).
    2. person holding such rank.