尊者

尊者

1. (literary) a person with high status; a senior person

   • 養尊者必易服，養卑者否。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     养尊者必易服，养卑者否。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Yǎng zūnzhě bì yì fú, yǎng bēi zhě fǒu. [Pinyin]

     In ministering to one more honourable than himself, the rule required a person to change the mourning he might be wearing, but not if the other were of lower position.

2. (Buddhism) the Reverend; the Venerable; his Holiness

   摩訶迦葉尊者／摩诃迦叶尊者  ―  Móhējiāshè Zūnzhě  ―  the reverend Mahākāśyapa

   達賴喇嘛尊者／达赖喇嘛尊者  ―  Dálàilǎma Zūnzhě  ―  His Holiness the Dalai Lama

In Buddhism, this term is a translation of Sanskrit आर्य (ārya).

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “尊者” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].