宗祖 (しゅうそ) — sect founder

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• 宗門 しゅうもん (religious) denomination
• 改宗 かいしゅう religious conversion
• 宗派 しゅうは sect
• 宗家 そうけ head of family
• 宗教 しゅうきょう religion
• 禅宗 ぜんしゅう Zen (Buddhism)
• 祖母 そぼ grandmother
• 祖父 そふ grandfather
• 教祖 きょうそ founder of a religious sect
• 元祖 がんそ originator
• 先祖 せんぞ ancestor
• 祖国 そこく homeland