"Disendowment" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... enough that to his functions of public instructor, the Buddhist priest should have added those of a public registrar. Until the period of disendowment, the Buddhist clergy remained, throughout the country, public as well as religious officials. They kept the parish records, and furnished [204] at need certificates of birth, death, or ...
— Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation • Lafcadio Hearn |
