寺請制度

てらうけせいど

Meanings

1. Noun terauke system (i.e.: system established by the Edo shogunate that required citizens to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist (i.e. non-Christian) faith)

Kanji

• 寺 temple. Read as てら.
• 請 request. Read as セイ.
• 制 control. Read as セイ.
• 度 degree. Read as ド.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists