| Word form | seishokusha |
| Original script | 聖職者 |
| LWT meaning(s) | |
| Word meaning | This is a general cover term. Terms for priest specific to individual religions include shinkan (Shintoism, SJ 1120), sōryo (Buddhism, SJ 1177/900)/oshō (Buddhism, SJ 1231, probably from Sanskrit upādhyāha, which became khosha in Central Asia with the meaning “teacher”, shisai (Christianity, SJ 1911), bokushi (Protestantism, SJ 1870), shinpu (Catholicism, SJ 1869). |
| Analyzability | analyzable derived |
| Gloss | sei-shoku-sha holy-profession-person |
| Age | Modern Japanese [21] (1868–2007) |
| Lexical stratum | kango |
| Year | 1950 |
| Register | General |
| Numeric frequency | 0 |