temple name

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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)

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

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