坊ぼう主ず殺ごろし

noun

prostitute serving a monk; luring a monk into depredation

Historical term for a prostitute (male or female) who specifically targeted Buddhist monks, or the act of seducing a monk into breaking vows. Rare and archaic; encountered mainly in Edo-period literature or historical contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの遊ゆう郭かくには、坊ぼう主ず殺ごろしと呼よばれる者ものがいたという。

  It is said that in the pleasure quarters of the Edo period, there were people called bōzu-goroshi (monk-killers).

• 「坊ぼう主ず殺ごろし」は、僧そう侶りょを誘ゆう惑わくして堕だ落らくさせることを指さす古ふるい言こと葉ばだ。

  Bōzu-goroshi is an old term referring to the act of tempting a monk and leading him into depravity.