寺入り

てらいり

Meanings

1. Noun enrolling in a temple school; child enrolled in a temple school See also: 寺子屋 (てらこや).
2. incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods)
3. going to a temple to repent

Kanji

• 寺 temple. Read as てら.
• 入 enter. Read as いり.

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