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| 1. |
[n]
▶ esteemed profession (e.g. priest, monk, teacher, doctor, etc.) ▶ venerable vocation |
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| 2. |
[n]
{Christianity}
▶ ministry ▶ priesthood ▶ holy orders |
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| 9. | A 2025-09-23 07:09:18 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| 8. | A* 2025-09-20 15:28:50 Sombrero1 | |
| Comments: | That's reasonable, I also prefer "esteemed" over "sacred" there, at least English. |
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| 7. | A* 2025-09-20 06:43:44 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| 6. | A 2025-09-20 06:43:17 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| Comments: | "sacred profession" is not really used in English, and I think is a inappropriate as a gloss. I'll pin this version and reopen. |
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| Diff: | @@ -12 +12 @@ -<gloss>sacred profession (e.g. priest, monk, (school)teacher, doctor, etc.)</gloss> +<gloss>esteemed profession (e.g. priest, monk, teacher, doctor, etc.)</gloss> @@ -19,0 +20 @@ +<gloss>holy orders</gloss> |
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| 5. | A* 2025-09-18 16:43:06 Sombrero1 | |
| Refs: | Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーー─┬─────────┬───────╮
│ 聖職 │ 176,838 │ 98.3% │
│ 聖職の │ 2,999 │ 1.7% │drop [adj-no]
╰─ーーー─┴─────────┴───────╯
Dajijsen:
1 神聖な職業・職務。
2 宗教集団において、信徒の上に立ち、儀式の執行、信徒指導のほか、神殿や寺院または教会の運営・管理に当たる専門職。
Sankoku:
①神聖な職務。
②〔キリスト教で〕僧職(そうしょく)。
「━者」
ルミナス:
1 《牧師の職》: the ministry [U].
*聖職につく take holy orders / go into [enter; join] the 「church [ministry]
2 《神聖な職業》: sacred 「vocation [calling; profession] [C] ★vocation, calling は天職, profession は専門的職業
教職は*聖職であると見なされていた Teaching was regarded as a sacred profession.
GendaiShinkoku:
1 聖なる職業・職務。特にキリスト教の神父や牧師など。
2 自己犠牲をともなう慈善活動家や、社会的責任の大きい医師、学校教師などの仕事。
[美化した言い方]
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| Comments: | I agree with anon that the entry is unclear in its current state. I do think that "ministry" and "priesthood" are appropriate for the Christian church specific sense though Maybe this serves it better? |
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| Diff: | @@ -12,3 +12,6 @@ -<pos>&adj-no;</pos> -<gloss>holy orders</gloss> -<gloss>vocation</gloss> +<gloss>sacred profession (e.g. priest, monk, (school)teacher, doctor, etc.)</gloss> +<gloss>venerable vocation</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<field>&Christn;</field> @@ -16 +19 @@ -<gloss>sacred profession</gloss> +<gloss>priesthood</gloss> |
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