プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説
もんぜき【門跡】
1 〔仏法を伝承する寺 (の僧) 〕(the priest in charge of) a temple where the doctrines of the founder of the sect have been handed down
2 〔皇族・貴族が継承する寺〕a temple at which the head priest has always been a member of the imperial family or of the nobility
3 〔本願寺住職〕the head priest of Honganji Temple