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七大寺
しちだいじ
the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)
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寺社奉行
じしゃぶぎょう
governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines
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寺請制度
てらうけせいど
system used during the Edo era where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith
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寺檀制度
じだんせいど
system used during the Edo era where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith
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寺内町
じないちょう、じないまち
town built within the semi-fortified compounds of a temple (during the Warring States period)
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寺入り
てらいり
to enrol in a temple school; child enrolled in a temple school; incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods); to go to a temple and repent (following a disaster, etc.)
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