ดำรงสมณศักดิ์(dam-rong sà-má-ná-sàk)
Meanings
1VerbC2
[to] hold monastic rank
To hold or maintain a Buddhist ecclesiastical title or rank.
Examples
พระเถระprá tăy-ráพระเถระprá tăy-rásenior monk; elder monkรูปrôopรูปrôop1picture; photo; image2shape; form; figure3physique; body shape4Buddha image; statue5grammatical formนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ดำรงสมณศักดิ์dam-rong sà-má-ná-sàkดำรงสมณศักดิ์dam-rong sà-má-ná-sàk[to] hold monastic rankชั้นchánชั้นchán1floor; storey2layer; tier3shelf4class; rank; status5grade; year (in school)6classifier for floors/layers/shelves/classesธรรมtamธรรมtam1Dharma; Buddhist teaching2morality; righteousness3natural law; nature (truth)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerเป็นเวลาbpen way-laaเป็นเวลาbpen way-laa1for (a duration)2regularly; on a scheduleกว่าgwàaกว่าgwàa1than (comparative marker)2more than; over3by (margin of difference)สิบsìpสิบsìp1ten2ten- (teens)3tens place/decadeปีbpeeปีbpee1year2years old3zodiac year; animal yearและláeและláeand (coordinating)ท่านtâanท่านtâan1you (formal/polite)2he; she (honorific)3sir; madam4honorific title5classifier (polite for persons)ได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreedปฏิบัติbpà-dtì-bàtปฏิบัติbpà-dtì-bàt1[to] perform; carry out2[to] treat [sb]3(compound use only) operational; in operation4[to] practice; observe (rules)ศาสนกิจsàat-sà-ná-gìtศาสนกิจsàat-sà-ná-gìtreligious duties; ecclesiastical servicesอย่างเคร่งครัดyàang krêng-krátอย่างเคร่งครัดyàang krêng-krátstrictly; rigorously; stringentlyเสมอมาsà-mĕr maaเสมอมาsà-mĕr maaalways; all along (up to now)
This senior monk has held the ecclesiastical rank of 'Dharma' for over ten years and has always strictly performed his religious duties.
Word Breakdown
+
ดำรงสมณศักดิ์dam-rong sà-má-ná-sàkดำรงสมณศักดิ์dam-rong sà-má-ná-sàk[to] hold monastic rank