spirit tablet

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Calque of Chinese 神牌 (shénpái)

Noun[edit]

spirit tablet (plural spirit tablets)

  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)

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