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Promotion in priest-rank depends（僧階） on school education and amount of time spend in monastery training.<ref name=Antaiji3 group=web /> There are eight ranks:<ref name=Antaiji3 group=web />{{sfn|Bodiford|2008|p=331, note 37}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Rank
! Ph.D. of Buddhist Studies <br/>at Komazawa Univ. <br/>or Aichigakuin Univ.
! Junior High <br/>School
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| <center>santō-kyōshi <br/>(3等教師, instructor 3rd rank)</center> || || || || || ||
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| <center>nitō-kyōshi <br/>(2等教師, instructor 2nd rank)</center> || <center>6 months</center> || <center>6 months</center> || <center>6 months</center> || <center>6 months</center> || <center>2 years</center> || <center>3 years</center>
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| <center>ittō-kyōshi <br/>(1等教師, instructor 1st rank)</center> || <center>6 months</center> || <center>1 year</center> || <center>1 year 6 months</center> || <center>2 years 6 months</center> || <center>4 years</center> || <center>6 years</center>
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| <center>sei-kyōshi <br/>(正教師, instructor proper)</center> || <center>6 months</center> || <center>2 years</center> || <center>3 years</center> || <center>4 years 6 months</center> || <center>7 years</center> || <center>10 years</center>
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| <center>gon-daikyōshi <br/>{{nowrap|(権大教師, adjunct senior instructor)</center>}}
| colspan="6" | <center>On recommendation; at least 55 years old</center>
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| <center>daikyōshi <br/>(大教師, senior instructor)</center>
| colspan="6" | <center>On recommendation; at least 60 years old; maximum number of 180</center>
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| <center>gon-daikyōjō <br/>(権大教正, adjunct prefect)</center>
| colspan="6" | <center>On recommendation; maximum number of 30</center>
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| <center>daikyōjō <br/>(大教正, prefect)</center>
| colspan="6" | <center>Abbots of Eihei-ji and Sōji-ji</center>
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{{quote|For instance, to become a ''shami'' one has to be at least five years old, and to get the title of ''Zenjūshoku'' one has to be at least forty years old and with a ''hōrō'' seniority of thirty years.{{sfn|Borup|2008|p=57}}}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Rank
! Buddhist studies department<br>[[Hanazono University]]
! Junior<br>High School
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| <center>Teacher assistant (three ranks)</center> || || || ||
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| <center>Tendoshoku (seventh-grade teacher)</center> || || || ||
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| <center>Sixth-grade teacher</center> || || || ||
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| <center>Fifth-grade teacher</center> || || || ||
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| <center>Tōdōshoku (fourth grade)</center> || || || ||
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| <center>Junjūshoku (third grade)</center> || || || ||
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| <center>Jūjishoku (second grade)</center> || <center>2 years</center> || <center>2 years</center> || <center>7 years</center> || <center>10 years</center>
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| <center>Zenjūshoku (first grade)</center>
| colspan="4" |
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| <center> Great teacher (dai kyōshi) (three ranks)</center>
| colspan="4" | <center>Abbot or University president</center>
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