Nounprinciple; aim; main purpose; central part; pillar · purport; gist; drift; meaning · instructions; orders; intention; wishes

Noun, Noun, used as a suffixsect; denomination · tenets (of a religious sect)

Nounhead of family; head house · sōke; founder (of a style, etc.); originator

Nounsect founder

Nounsect; denomination · school (e.g. of poetry)