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The word "Oyasama" is composed of two elements:

  1. "Oya" (親) or "Parent"
  2. "-sama," (様) an honorific suffix (more reverential than the more common "-san")

If this were to be translated together, you would get "honorable parent."

In Tenrikyo , "Oyasama" refers to the founder of Tenrikyo, Miki Nakayama, who was very generous and she resembled a parent to the people whom she met, thus given the name "Oyasama" by her adoring followers.

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