Where does “宗教団体” come from?

宗教団体 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 宗教, from Middle Chinese 教.

宗教団体 (Japanese): a denomination

Definitions

  1. a denomination

Ancestry of “宗教団体”, step by step

宗教団体 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 宗教

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese宗教religion
2Middle Chinese教—

via Japanese 団体

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese団体an organization; a group
Every word from Middle Chinese 教 →Every word from Japanese 宗教 →