供养人【英】

Benefactors

定义

是指因信仰某种宗教，通过提供资金、物品或劳力，制作圣像、开凿石窟、修建宗教场所等形式弘扬教义的虔诚信徒。

The term refers to pious believers, who promote religious doctrine by providing financial, material, or manual labor support, including making sacred icons, cutting grottoes, building religious venues, and so forth.