Meaning

1 senses
  1. Spirit tablet; ancestral tablet; memorial tablet (tombstone tablet with the name and details of the deceased or an ancestor inscribed on it, usually found in Chinese or generally East Asian columbariums)

Origin

Calque of Chinese 神牌 (shénpái)

Calque of Chinese 神牌 (shénpái)

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Forms

plural: spirit tablets
Singularspirit tablet
Pluralspirit tablets

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

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