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To become a Buddhist "monk" or "nun" is called chūjiā 出家. What is it called to take Catholic orders, other than dāng shénfù 當神父, etc.?

Edit (after reading some comments): A former Dominican novice told me that 出家 is sometimes used in the case of taking monastic orders. I'd be especially interested to hear from other people who have first-hand experience with this calling in a Chinese-language context.

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  • What exactly does taking catholic orders mean? – user3306356♦ Oct 23 '15 at 14:18
  • take the vows of a （catholic) nun（monk） 发誓成为一个(天主教)修女 （(天主教)修道士） (神父 priest) – user6065 Oct 23 '15 at 17:46
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    Taking orders means undergoing the formal ritual of commitment to the life of a Catholic priest or nun, monastic or "secular". "Take holy orders" is another way of expressing this. Today I heard that 出家 is in fact sometimes used in this sense, if one is joining a monastic order. – brannerchinese Oct 23 '15 at 18:05
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Holy orders

Oxford

圣秩

to take holy orders

领受圣秩

21st Century

1 圣职受任仪式

2 牧师职位

3 牧师的品位等级

KEY, ABC, A Chinese-English Dictionary, Grand Ricci all call this:

神品

Liang-An also calls it 神品 saying:

也作［圣品］、［圣秩］

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  • 领受圣秩 is closest to the structure of "to take holy orders", but I wonder if more native-sounding expressions have emerged. I see 神品 in a few sources, but I don't see examples. It looks like a noun; what verbal collocations does it possess? – brannerchinese Oct 25 '15 at 3:57
  • I guess the 品 in 神品 renders something like "official rank". – brannerchinese Oct 25 '15 at 3:59
  • @brannerchinese according to Chinese wikipedia entry 聖秩聖事, it may also be called 晉鐸 (「晉升司鐸」, become a priest), but it doesn't sound "native" either. Anyway, this concept is quite unique and may sound exotic, I'm afraid there's no well-known expression. – Stan Oct 25 '15 at 5:26
  • Note that 牧师 refers to a clergy in the Protestant denominations. – user382 Nov 2 '15 at 13:57
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I think the phrase might be 担任圣职 or 授任圣职.

Here's an article talking about Pope Francis. It uses 担任圣职.

As for the second translation, here's a quote from The Three Musketeers (in English):

"Ordination!" cried d'Artagnan.

is translated in Chinese as:

“圣职授任礼！” 达达尼昂叫起来

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Maybe 入教？ It doesn't mean for being a godfather (or similar) in Buddhist. But it is the equivalent of 出家 in some level.

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