应该就是道教教职人员的法名或法号吧，跟佛教是一个道理，《新时代汉英大词典》将法号（同法名）翻译成：Budhhistic monastic name; clerical name

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POST道士学成要自立门户，按规矩须由上一代给下一代奏名，做大斋，赐道号法名，喝鸡血酒，吃符，立誓方可算完全，能以自己的法名传下情于天。 ... 旅行 技术支持:水晶动网℡ Powered by:无尽空虚㊣ 本论坛言论纯属发表者个人意见，与和心斋道教文化网站立场无关.
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寻找新化玉虚宫与东岳殿_梅山文化_梅山网
从陈会长口中了解到，他的一家可说是道教世家，他爷爷陈炳桂（奏名：一气）曾是道教会长，在他3个月大时已去世。他父亲陈子利（奏名：阳生），在武汉行香火，在他半岁时去世。他哥哥陈送泉也是道士，他是他哥哥教出来的，他们13岁学道，学了七年，20岁时 ...
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Jigong's Former Residence-
Hence Tiantai has regarded as the "celestial mountain of Buddhism" and "Taoist court of the 500 arhats" Jigong's original name was Li Xiuyuan and his clerical name was Dao Ji. He was bore into an official family in Yongning Village, ...
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Mindhamma Taung-
“ Could you tell us your clerical name, your age and the number of years that you have been an ordained monk.?” “ My clerical name is Ashin Sanda Thiri, and my age is 61, and I have been an ordained monk for 41 years. ...
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Note added at 4 hrs (2007-08-13 13:35:54 GMT)
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更正：Buddhistic monastic name; clerical name