The highest-ranked Choja was called Ichi no Choja (the highest-ranked chief abbot of the temple) or Ichi no Ajari (a highest-ranked master in Esoteric Buddhism; or the highest-ranked priest), and called himself the jimu (chief priest of Toji-dera kanzu)
そのうち最上位の長者は一長者あるいは一阿闍梨とも呼ばれて東寺の貫主（住職）として「寺務」を名乗るようになる。