名みょう帳ちょう

noun

register of believers; death register

A record kept at a Buddhist temple listing parishioners or deceased members. The 'death register' sense is a common extension.

• お寺てらの名みょう帳ちょうに檀だん家かの名な前まえが記しるされている。

  The names of the parishioners are recorded in the temple's register of believers.

• 過か去こ帳ちょうとは別べつに、名みょう帳ちょうにも故こ人じんの名なが載のることがある。

  Apart from the death register, the names of the deceased may also appear in the register of believers.

noun

register of reciters of the Buddha's name

Specific to the Yuzu Nembutsu sect, listing those who chant the nembutsu. A specialized historical term.

• 融ゆう通ずう念ねん仏ぶつ宗しゅうでは、念ねん仏ぶつを唱となえる信しん者じゃの名なを名みょう帳ちょうに記しるした。

  In the Yuzu Nembutsu sect, the names of believers who chant the nembutsu were recorded in a register.