寺預け

Reading

Kana: てらあずけ

Romaji: teraazuke

Definition

noun

1

incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods)

Note: obscure term

See also: 寺入り

Kanji

寺

Readings: ジ、 てら

Meaning: Buddhist temple

預

Readings: ヨ、 あず.ける、 あず.かる

Meanings: deposit, custody, leave with, entrust to