度牒 dùdié ordination certificate Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 度牒 dùdié ordination certificate An official government-issued certificate given to Buddhist or Taoist monks and nuns in imperial China to prove their legal status; these documents provided identity details and exempted the holder from labor service. Also called 戒牒 jièdié Cross-References Classifier 张 zhāngSynonym 戒牒 jièdié
度牒 dùdié ordination certificate An official government-issued certificate given to Buddhist or Taoist monks and nuns in imperial China to prove their legal status; these documents provided identity details and exempted the holder from labor service. Also called 戒牒 jièdié Cross-References Classifier 张 zhāngSynonym 戒牒 jièdié
