| 四衆 | [ししゅ;ししゅう, shishu ; shishuu] (n) (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) (in Tendai) the four assemblies [Add to Longdo] |
| 四部衆 | [しぶしゅ, shibushu] (n) (obsc) (See 四衆) four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees) [Add to Longdo] |
| 七衆 | [しちしゅ, shichishu] (n) seven orders of Buddhist disciples (monks, nuns, probationary nuns, male novices, female novices, male lay devotees, female lay devotees) [Add to Longdo] |
