僧そう供ぐ

noun

offerings to monks; giving to a monk

Archaic Buddhist term for alms or offerings given to monks. Not used in modern everyday Japanese.

• 古ふるい寺てらの記き録ろくには、村むら人びとたちが僧そう供ぐを欠かかさなかったとある。

  Old temple records say that the villagers never failed to make offerings to the monks.