上座

shàngzuò
  1. seat of honor (at a banquet, meeting etc)
  2. (Buddhism) senior monk's seat or title

CEDICT

buddhism

Entry Composition

1 上 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
2 座 zuò
  1. seat
  2. base; stand
  3. (bound form) constellation
  4. (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 师座 shīzuò)
  5. classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc