absolute leaderの例文

例文

1. in june of 1981 , even though there were more than a few supporters of shonyo , he lost the dispute to the naikyoku , and the ' shuken (constitution ) of shin sect otani school (religious laws which are equivalent to constitutions in the school )' was revised , and his position shifted from ' hoshu ' , which is the absolute leader of the religious order who succeeds to the traditions originating from shinran , the founder , to ' monshu ,' who is a symbolic representative of monks and followers of the entire order but does not hold any authority .
   1981年6月、彰如を支持する者も少なくなかったが、内局との紛争に敗れ、「真宗大谷派宗憲（宗派の憲法にあたる法規）」が改正され、自身の地位が、宗祖親鸞以来の法統を継承する教団の指導者という絶対的「法主」から、教団全ての僧侶・門徒の代表という実権を持たない象徴的「門首」へと移行された。