It later came to mean 'ko-kai,' a Buddhist event focused on the reading of Buddhist scriptures, and the use of the term spread to a wide variety of Buddhist rituals (such as Hoon-ko (a memorial service for Shinran)).
後に仏典の講読を中心とする仏事（講会）を指すようになり、さらに各種の仏教儀式一般に講という名称をつけるようにもなった（報恩講など）。