1. noun an ancestral hall; a temple
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '祠' 2, p. 64; Unihan '祠')
  2. verb Spring sacrifice
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '祠' n 1)
  3. verb to sacrifice; to give an offering in a religious ceremony
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 祭祀 in this sense (CC-CEDICT '祠'; Guoyu '祠' v; Kroll 2015 '祠' 1, p. 64; Unihan '祠')
  4. verb to enshrine
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '祠' 2a, p. 64)

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