origin, source, virtuous ancestor

religion, religious affiliation, belief...

sect, denomination, school (e.g. of poetry)

(religious) denomination, sect

head of family, head house, sōke...

suzerain state

sect founder

religious leader, person of religion, religious figure...

Zen (Buddhism)

Pure Land sect (of Buddhism), Jodo (sect)

Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect), True Pure Land School

Tendai sect (of Buddhism)

religious conversion

tenets (of a religious sect), doctrines, (religious) sect...

master, teacher

believer, follower

suzerain

ancestral shrine (temple), mausoleum (of one's ancestors), Imperial mausoleum

religious rule of a sect, precept of a sect

one's family or clan

religious matters

religious regulations

Minister of Rites (Zhou dynasty China)

denominational doctrine, doctrine of a sect

study of religious doctrine

doctrinal dispute (within or between religious schools)

suzerain, suzerain state

customs of a sect, doctrine, style of a school (e.g. of art)

different religion or sect

heresy, dangerous religion, Christianity