3= Monzeki were Buddhist priests of aristocratic or Imperial lineage.Thomas Conlan (2025). 9780199778102, Oxford University Press. . ISBN 9780199778102 The term was also applied to the temples in which they lived.Mikael Adolphson (2025). 9780824822637, University of Hawai'i Press. . ISBN 9780824822637
An example of a monzeki temple is Daikaku-ji in Kyoto.