a mendicant Zen priest of the Fuke sect (, wearing a sedge hood and playing a shakuhachi).
虚無僧
a low-ranking Buddhist priest
僧になる
the {attire} of a Buddhist monk
a lama
a Buddhist priest who practices severe asceticisms
僧侶になる
to enter the priesthood―(キリスト教にては)―enter the church―take holy orders
a person who has become a priest