四衆

ししゅ, ししゅうshishu

noun

  1. four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees)
  2. four monastic communities (ordained monks, ordained nuns, male novices and female novices)
  3. the four assemblies

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