寺預け

てらあずけ

Meanings

1. Noun incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods) See also: 寺入り (てらいり).

Kanji

• 寺 temple. Read as てら.
• 預 deposit. Read as あずける.

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