寺入り

Reading

Kana: てらいり

Romaji: terairi

Definitions

noun

1

to enrol in a temple school; child enrolled in a temple school

See also: 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.)

Kanji

寺

Readings: ジ、 てら

Meaning: Buddhist temple

入

Readings: ニュウ、 ジュ、 い.る、 -い.る、 -い.り、 い.れる、 -い.れ、 はい.る

Meanings: enter, insert