善ぜん女にょ

noun

pious woman; devout woman

Buddhist term for a woman who is devout or virtuous in a religious sense. Not an everyday word; mainly encountered in Buddhist contexts or classical texts.

• 彼かの女じょは熱ねっ心しんな善ぜん女にょで、毎まい朝あさお経きょうをあげている。

  She is a devout pious woman and chants sutras every morning.