สังฆราช

Thai

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Definitions
  • (Buddhism)
  • (Roman Catholic) bishop.
  • chief priest; high priest; hierarch; patriarch.

Etymology

Com from Thai สังฆ (clergy) + Thai ราช (royal, monarch, king, master, sovereign, lord, chief, or leader, head, male chief, etc)derived from Pali saṅgharāja (pontiff) derived from Old Khmer saṅgharāja (head of a congregation).

Origin

Old Khmer

saṅgharāja

Gloss

head of a congregation

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