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spirit tablet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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)

Word forms

spirit tablet spirit tablets

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 神牌 (shénpái)

Related words

spirit money spirit house

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