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卿: lord

lord; noble; minister
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Readings

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ケイ・キョウ
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きみ

Title for court nobles (公卿) and, in translations, Western lords; 枢機卿 is a Catholic cardinal.

Key words

枢機卿すうききょうcardinal
公卿くぎょうcourt nobles
卿きょうLord (title)
卿相けいしょうministers and councillors

Example sentences

When the pope dies, cardinals from all over the world gather at the Vatican.

In the Heian period, court nobles ran the government and ceremonies at the palace.

In the novel, people respected the nobleman and addressed him as "Lord."

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