Meaning of てらいり in Japanese

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Definition of てらいり

てらいり(terairi) 【 寺入り 】

寺入 Kanji Details

  1. (n) to enrol in a temple school; child enrolled in a temple school →Related words: 寺子屋
  2. incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods)
  3. to go to a temple and repent (following a disaster, etc.)
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